Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City

5 July 2025 · MLS · 2025 · Referee Filip Dujic

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

Rafael Navarro 89’ (pen)

Dejan Joveljić 4’
Erik Thommy 53’

Match summary

Sporting Kansas City beat Colorado Rapids 2-1 on the road. Sporting Kansas City led 1-0 at half-time.

Dejan Joveljić put Sporting Kansas City ahead in the 4th minute, Erik Thommy made it 0-2 in the 53rd minute, and Rafael Navarro pulled one back to make it 1-2 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

Colorado Rapids can feel hard done by, creating 4.18 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Sporting Kansas City's 1.05 from 5. Đorđe Mihailović hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Colorado Rapids.

Match stats

67% Possession 33%

24 Shots 5

8 Shots on target 2

10 Corners 2

512 Passes 266

86.3% Pass accuracy 69.9%

10 Tackles 9

7 Fouls 15

0 Yellow cards 4

1 Offsides 0

Key events

Colorado Rapids Sporting Kansas City

Kick-off

4’

Dejan JoveljićLeft foot shot

0-1

Calvin HarrisShot on target

15’

Chidozie AwaziemShot on target

16’

17’

Joaquín Fernández

Theodore Ku-DiPietroShot on target

29’

Đorđe MihailovićMissed penaltypost

31’

Half-time0-1

46’

Ian JamesJoaquín Fernández

Rafael NavarroShot on target

46’

48’

Manu García

Second half underway

52’

Tim Leibold

53’

Erik ThommyRight foot shot

0-2

Connor RonanShot on target

55’

58’

Dániel SallóiShapi Suleymanov

58’

Memo RodríguezTim Leibold

Cole BassettTheodore Ku-DiPietro

60’

Theodore Ku-DiPietroShot on target

60’

64’

Jacob Bartlett

Jackson TravisShot on target

69’

73’

Mason ToyeDejan Joveljić

Darren YapiJosh Atencio

73’

Kimani Stewart-BaynesCalvin Harris

81’

87’

Santiago MuñozErik Thommy

Rafael NavarroPenalty

1-2

89’

Full-time1-2

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Colorado Rapids 4.18 xGSporting Kansas City 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sporting Kansas City attacking Colorado Rapids attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Colorado Rapids 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Sporting Kansas City 4-3-3 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Nicholas Defreitas-Hansen	90′	0	2	28	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


Keegan Rosenberry	90′	1	1	–	3	2	44	3	–	–	–
Andreas Maxsø	90′	–	1	–	4	4	52	2	–	–	–
Chidozie Awaziem	90′	2	–	–	6	4	83	–	–	–	–
Jackson Travis	90′	1	1	–	1	–	45	–	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


Connor Ronan	90′	–	–	94	1	0.19	1	1	2	–	–	–
Josh Atencio Taken off	73′	–	–	53	1	0.05	1	2	2	–	–	–
Calvin Harris Taken off	81′	–	–	20	4	0.39	–	1	11	1	7	–
Đorđe Mihailović	90′	–	–	31	5	0.99	1	–	4	–	3	–
Theodore Ku-DiPietro Taken off	60′	–	–	22	2	0.28	–	–	1	–	1	–
Cole Bassett Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	12	–	0.02	1	–	3	–	–	–
Kimani Stewart-Baynes Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	4	–	0.00	1	–	1	1	–	–

Forwards2 players


Rafael Navarro	90′	1	–	6	2	1.71	0.32	2	3	2	21	–
Darren Yapi Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	0.26	0.01	–	2	2	3	–

Goalkeeper1 player


John Pulskamp	90′	7	1	30	–	1	–	1	–

Defenders6 players


Khiry Shelton	90′	2	2	–	2	–	27	–	–	–	–
Jansen Miller	90′	–	–	–	3	3	26	1	–	–	–
Joaquín Fernández Taken off	45′	1	–	–	3	2	11	1	–	–	–
Tim Leibold Taken off	58′	–	–	–	2	2	17	5	–	–	–
Ian James Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	–	–	–
Memo Rodríguez Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	–	–	–	7	–	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


Manu García	90′	–	–	31	1	0.06	1	–	4	1	1	–
Jacob Bartlett	90′	–	–	24	–	0.01	–	–	1	3	–	–
Zorhan Bassong	90′	–	–	25	–	0.02	1	–	2	–	–	–
Shapi Suleymanov Taken off	58′	–	–	16	1	0.02	1	–	1	–	–	–
Erik Thommy Taken off	87′	1	1	19	1	0.24	1	1	5	–	3	–
Dániel Sallói Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	7	–	0.00	–	–	1	–	1	–
Santiago Muñoz Came on as a substitute	10′	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	2	1	–	–

Forwards2 players


Dejan Joveljić Taken off	73′	1	–	2	1	0.76	0.01	–	2	1	12	–
Mason Toye Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	–	0.19	0.01	–	2	–	9	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

Colorado Rapids L L L W D

Sporting Kansas City W L L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sporting Kansas City 4-1 Colorado Rapids, 19 Sep 24 Next meeting: Sporting Kansas City 4-2 Colorado Rapids, 31 Aug 25 All Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.