SANDY. Real Salt Lake defeats Colorado Rapids 3-1. Real Salt Lake got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from D. Kreilach (13′) and R. Rubin (57′). Colorado Rapids tried to recover with a goal from Y. Namli (73′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by A. A. Julio Santos for Real Salt Lake.
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Sunday and it started at 1:30 am local time. The referee was Kevin Stott who had the assistance of Jeffrey Greeson and Adam Garner. The 4th official was Mark Allatin. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 4 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 96 Attack 120
- 42 Dangerous attack 44
- 69 Ball safe 65
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 8
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
None of the teams was dominant in terms of ball possession. Real Salt Lake was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Colorado Rapids that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Colorado Rapids was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Real Salt Lake found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Real Salt Lake shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Colorado Rapids shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 2 yellow cards (E. Holt and D. Ochoa). On the opposite side, Colorado Rapids received 3 yellow cards (D. Rubio, J. Price and C. Warner).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Real Salt Lake will have 42 points like Atlanta United and LA Galaxy to stay in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Colorado Rapids will stay with 51 points to move down in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake will play away with Chicago Fire on the 24th of October with a 7-7 head to head statistic.
Colorado Rapids will host Seattle Sounders on the 21st of October with a 22-7 head to head record in favor of Seattle Sounders (3 draws).
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
90'
88'
13'
Real Salt Lake started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: David Ochoa , Aaron Herrera , Erik Holt , Justen Glad , Andrew Brody , Everton Luiz , Pablo Ruiz , Maikel Chang , Albert Rusnák , Rubio Rubin and Damir Kreilach .
The home team had on the bench: Zac MacMath, Ashtone Morgan , Donny Toia, Nick Besler , Jonathan Menéndez, Bobby Wood, Justin Meram, Anderson Julio and Noah Powder.
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: R. Rubin for A. A. Julio Santos (76′), E. Luiz for N. Besler (88′) and M. Chang for A. Morgan (88′).
Best player: Damir Kreilach
The most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Damir Kreilach.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
Colorado Rapids – Formation
Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Robin Fraser played with: William Yarbrough , Keegan Rosenberry , Lalas Abubakar , Auston Trusty , Braian Galván , Jack Price , Collen Warner , Lucas Esteves , Cole Bassett , Jonathan Lewis and Diego Rubio .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Michael Barrios , Drew Moor, Andre Shinyashiki , Younes Namli , Jeremy Kelly, Steven Beitashour, Clint Irwin, Nicolás Mezquida and Dominique Badji .
Substitutions
Colorado Rapids made 5 changes: C. Warner for Y. Namli (58′), B. A. Galvan for M. Barrios (58′), C. Bassett for N. Mezquida (81′), D. Rubio for A. Shinyashiki (88′) and J. Lewis for D. Badji (88′).
Best player: Lucas Esteves
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Colorado Rapids was Lucas Esteves.
His rating is with 31 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Houston Dynamo – Seattle Sounders – 2-1
- Austin – Minnesota United – 0-1
- Real Salt Lake – Colorado Rapids – 3-1
- LA Galaxy – Portland Timbers – 2-1
- New York RB – New York City – 1-0
