Colorado Rapids dismantled Sporting Kansas City 4-1 in an MLS encounter that underscored the visitors' dominance across all metrics. The Rapids' 4-1-4-1 formation proved devastatingly effective, generating 17 shots and 9 on target against Kansas City's laboured 4-3-3 setup, which managed only 3 shots on target. Colorado's expected goals of 4.26 vastly exceeded their hosts' 0.74, reflecting a comprehensive performance where Paxten Aaronson's two goals, alongside efforts from Rafael Navarro and Wayne Frederick, secured a convincing away victory. Magomed Shapi Suleymanov's sole reply proved merely consolatory for Kansas City, whose attacking impotency was evident throughout. The Rapids' goalkeeper, despite a 55.56 per cent save percentage and conceding 3.46 post-shot expected goals, benefited from an overwhelmingly dominant display that left little room for Kansas City to mount meaningful pressure. Bazakos' officiating saw no major controversies in a one-sided affair. Colorado's emphatic victory signals serious title credentials; Kansas City require significant tactical reassessment.
SSporting Kansas City
1–4
Full Time
CColorado Rapids
S. Suleymanov44'C. Harris44'
P. Aaronson12', 75'W. Frederick45+2'R. Navarro71'M. Navarro71'D. Yapi12'R. Navarro75'
Starting Line-ups
Sporting Kansas City · 4-3-3Colorado Rapids · 4-1-4-1
Read it this way: PSxG conceded is how dangerous the shots on target were, Goals conceded is how many actually went in, Goals saved is the gap between the two (higher is better, a minus means he should have saved more), and Save % is the share of on-target shots kept out.
Sporting Kansas City GK
PSxG conceded3.46
Goals conceded4
Goals saved-0.54
Save %55.6%
Colorado Rapids GK
PSxG conceded0.83
Goals conceded1
Goals saved-0.17
Save %66.7%
Colorado Rapids's keeper performed right in line with expectations, while Sporting Kansas City's keeper let in roughly 0.5 goal more than an average keeper would.
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Attack vs DefensexG, shots & goals — Home/Away per competition
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Referee TendencyTeam output under each referee they played for
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