Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season

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Rapids, Sporting KC end in scoreless draw

— William Yarbrough finished with a career-high 11 saves to help the Colorado Rapids earn a scoreless draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt saved. Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cole Bassett with a through ball.
3': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids).
3': Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
5': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
5': Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Attempt missed. Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Bassett with a through ball.
8': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
9': Foul by Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City).
9': Steven Beitashour (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
10': Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
10': Foul by Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids).
12': Foul by Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids).
12': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13': Attempt saved. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) header from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erik Thommy with a cross.
13': Offside, Colorado Rapids. Sam Nicholson tries a through ball, but Darren Yapi is caught offside.
13': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
15': VAR Decision: No Goal Colorado Rapids 0-0 Sporting Kansas City.
16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
18': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Ben Sweat tries a through ball, but William Agada is caught offside.
20': Attempt saved. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreu Fontàs.
23': Attempt missed. Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
26': Delay in match because of an injury Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids).
26': Delay in match because of an injury John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City).
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
31': Attempt blocked. Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
32': Connor Ronan (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
32': Attempt missed. Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Darren Yapi.
33': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by William Agada.
36': Attempt blocked. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
37': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
38': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Darren Yapi.
38': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Darren Yapi.
41': Foul by Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City).
41': Steven Beitashour (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Delay in match because of an injury Ben Sweat (Sporting Kansas City).
43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Foul by Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Colorado Rapids).
45': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Steven Beitashour.
45'+6': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+6': Foul by Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids).
45'+7': First Half ends, Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
45': Second Half begins Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
45': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Max replaces Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
47': Foul by Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids).
47': William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Foul by Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City).
48': Michael Barrios (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the right wing.
50': Foul by Max (Colorado Rapids).
50': Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Keegan Rosenberry.
52': Attempt saved. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
53': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
53': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by William Yarbrough.
55': Attempt missed. Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Michael Barrios with a headed pass.
57': Foul by Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City).
57': Max (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Graham Zusi tries a through ball, but William Agada is caught offside.
60': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Sweat.
62': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
62': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy tries a through ball, but William Agada is caught offside.
63': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Kévin Cabral replaces Sam Nicholson.
64': Foul by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
64': Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Attempt saved. William Agada (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
67': Attempt saved. Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Ronan with a through ball.
69': Foul by Kévin Cabral (Colorado Rapids).
69': Marinos Tzionis (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Kévin Cabral (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
70': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
71': Attempt saved. Michael Barrios (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Keegan Rosenberry with a cross.
72': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Marinos Tzionis.
72': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernández replaces Roger Espinoza.
72': Hand ball by Steven Beitashour (Colorado Rapids).
75': Attempt missed. Michael Barrios (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cole Bassett.
77': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Braian Galván replaces Michael Barrios.
78': Attempt blocked. Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cole Bassett.
82': Attempt missed. Max (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cole Bassett.
82': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold replaces Ben Sweat.
83': Attempt saved. Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Ronan.
85': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Andreas Maxsø.
86': Attempt saved. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
87': Braian Galván (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
88': Attempt missed. Max (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
88': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Cam Duke replaces Erik Thommy.
89': Attempt blocked. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cam Duke.
90': Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90': Foul by Felipe Hernández (Sporting Kansas City).
90'+2': Braian Galván (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+2': Foul by Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City).
90'+3': Attempt missed. Andreas Maxsø (Colorado Rapids) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Connor Ronan with a cross following a set piece situation.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
0': Match ends, Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.
0': Match ends, Colorado Rapids 0, Sporting Kansas City 0.

Statistics

SKC		COL
10	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
7	Corner Kicks	0
4	Saves	11
40.6	Possession	59.4
16	SHOTS	13
11	ON GOAL	4
0.7	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
257	Accurate Passes	429
343	Passes	510
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	3
15	Crosses	12
0.1	Cross %	0.3
62	Long Balls	56
25	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	1
5	Effective Tackles	12
15	Tackles	16
0.3	Tackle %	0.8
10	Interceptions	5
19	Effective Clearances	23
19	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Location: Commerce City, Colorado, USA
Attendance: 14,954

MLS Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	San Diego FC	26	+18	49
2	Minnesota United FC	27	+14	47
3	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	+15	45
4	Seattle Sounders FC	26	+7	41

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	William Yarbrough (GK)
5	Andreas Maxsø
6	Lalas Abubakar
33	Steven Beitashour
2	Keegan Rosenberry
97	Ralph Priso-Mbongue
20	Connor Ronan
23	Cole Bassett
77	Darren Yapi
28	Sam Nicholson
12	Michael Barrios

Colorado Rapids Substitutes:

Alex Gersbach, Max, Sebastian Anderson, Abraham Rodriguez, Brian Galván, Danny Wilson, Kévin Cabral, Bryan Acosta, Calvin Harris.

Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	John Pulskamp (GK)
3	Andreu Fontàs
4	Robert Voloder
2	Ben Sweat
8	Graham Zusi
54	Rémi Walter
15	Roger Espinoza
20	Dániel Sallói
77	Marinos Tzionis
26	Erik Thommy
23	William Agada

Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:

Robert Castellanos, Chris Rindov, Kayden Pierre, Jacob Davis, Khiry Shelton, Felipe Hernàndez, Tim Leibold, Kendall McIntosh, Cameron Duke.

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