COLORADO RAPIDS vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY
DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colo.
August 29, 2015 (WEEK 26, MLS Game #264)
9 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
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The Colorado Rapids and Sporting Kansas City meet for a second time this season in a critical contest for both clubs in the Western Conference when they face off at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Saturday evening. The Rapids remain at home riding a two-game winning streak, now five points out of the final playoff position following their 2-1 win against the Houston Dynamo at midweek. Sporting KC are coming off back-to-back losses for the first time this season, after their 3-2 defeat at Columbus Crew SC last weekend.
- Sporting Kansas City have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season, following their 3-2 defeat at Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Krisztian Nemeth and an own goal led Sporting to a 2-1 victory, June 27 at Sporting Park.
- Sporting have not lost to the Rapids since a 2-1 Colorado win March 28, 2009 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, including a 3-2 win last March 29 in Commerce City in the last meeting there. Since then, KC is 4-0-5 vs. Colorado.
- The Rapids haven’t won in Kansas City since 2002, a 2-1 win at Arrowhead Stadium. Since, Kansas City is 9-0-4 at home vs. Colorado.
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REFEREE: Jorge Gonzalez. AR1 (bench): Greg Barkey; AR2 (opposite): Danny Thornberry; 4th: Ricardo Salazar
MLS Career: 122 games; FC/gm: 25.2; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 38; pens: 31
SUSPENDED: COL: Bobby Burling (caution accumulation; through Aug. 30)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Drew Moor, Lucas Pittinari, Axel Sjoberg, Jared Watts
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: James Riley, Kevin Doyle, Sam Cronin … KC: Roger Espinoza, Benny Feilhaber, Soni Mustivar, Matt Besler, Paulo Nagamura, Kevin Ellis, Dom Dwyer
DISABLED LIST: KC: Ike Opara
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (53 meetings): Rapids 17 wins (3 shootout), 70 goals … Sporting 23 wins (1 shootout), 92 goals … Ties 13
AT COLORADO (27 meetings): Rapids 14 wins (2 shootout), 45 goals…Sporting 5 wins (1 shootout), 35 goals…Ties 8
FUTURE MATCH: 10/21: Sporting Kansas City vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m. CT
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