COLORADO RAPIDS vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo.
April 18, 2015 (WEEK 7, MLS Game #61)
9 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
Having put an end to their long and historic streaks, the Colorado Rapids return home for a crucial match in the Western Conference when they play host to Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids won for the first time in a record 18 matches, scoring their first goals of the season in a 4-0 victory at FC Dallas last weekend. Sounders FC remain on the road, having started their two-game road swing with a 1-0 defeat at the LA Galaxy last Sunday.
- The Rapids broke out in a big way for their first victory Friday, a 4-0 win at FC Dallas. It was the Rapids’ first goal of the season, ending a 362-minute scoreless streak to start the season, the second-longest in MLS history. It was the first Colorado goal since last October 11, their first in league play in more than 10 hours of action.
- The victory also put an end to the Rapids’ MLS-record winless streak of18 games, which equaled the league mark set by Real Salt Lake in 2005-06.
- Sounders FC went down to their second defeat of the season, falling1-0 at the LA Galaxy on Sunday evening. They still have yet to score a goal away from CenturyLink Field this season.
- Sounders FC won all three meetings between the teams a year ago, including a pair of 4-1 victories, one on April 26 at CenturyLink Field, and one Oct. 5 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
REFEREE: Drew Fischer. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 41 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 3; pens: 12
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SUSPENDED: none
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SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: none
DISABLED LIST: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (15 meetings): Rapids 2 wins, 17 goals … Sounders FC 11 wins, 29 goals … Ties 2
AT COLORADO (7 meetings): Rapids 2 wins, 10 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 11 goals … Ties 1
RETURN MATCHES: 5/27: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Colorado Rapids, 7 p.m. PT; 7/18: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Colorado Rapids, 7 p.m. PT
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