Colorado Rapids vs San Diego — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 19′San Diego, yellow card:Foul
- 22′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 70′San Diego, substitution:offK. Sargeant
- 70′San Diego, substitution:off
- 71′San Diego, yellow card:Time wasting
- 72′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 82′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:Persistent fouling
- 83′San Diego, substitution:off
- 84′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:Time wasting
- 88′San Diego, VAR review:Penalty cancelled
- 90′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 90′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 90′Colorado Rapids, goal:1–0assist
- 90+2′San Diego, substitution:off
- 90+3′Colorado Rapids, substitution:D. Phillipoff
- 90+5′San Diego, yellow card:
- Full-time1 – 0
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Colorado Rapids
4-3-3
San Diego
4-2-3-1
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Match report
Late Williams strike sinks San Diego at the death for Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids edged San Diego 1-0 in a Major League Soccer regular season fixture, with the only goal arriving deep into stoppage time to settle what had been a goalless contest through 90 minutes.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough came in the fifth minute of added time, when Loïc Williams converted an assist from Paxten Aaronson to make it 1-0, the last meaningful action of the match and enough to decide it.
Colorado shaded possession at 52 percent to San Diego's 48, and also had the edge in shots, eight to six, though San Diego's expected goals figure of 0.78 was higher than the hosts' 0.47. Both sides had two shots on target apiece.
Williams scored the only goal of the match, a stoppage-time finish that earned him a 7.9 rating alongside team-mate Nicholas Defreitas.
Colorado committed 17 fouls compared with San Diego's seven, a notable disparity in a match settled by a single late goal.
Colorado Rapids beat San Diego 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Colorado Rapids met San Diego in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 16). Kick-off was Thursday, 23 July 2026, 01:30 UTC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Referee: C. Penso.
Team pages: Colorado Rapids · San Diego · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 90' Goal: Loïc Williams (assist: Paxten Aaronson) — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)
San Diego (4-2-3-1)
- 1 CJ dos Santos
- 5 K. Sargeant
- 5 Kieran Sargeant
- 26 Manu Duah
- 97 Christopher McVey
- 33 Oscar Verhoeven
- 6 Jeppe Tverskov (c)
- 20 Aníbal Godoy
- 77 Alex Mighten
- 8 Onni Valakari
- 10 Anders Dreyer
- 7 Marcus Ingvartsen
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Colorado Rapids 44%, the draw 27%, San Diego 29%. It finished Colorado Rapids 1–0 San Diego.
Home ground outweighs San Diego's rating edge — San Diego are the stronger side on our strength rating, but Major League Soccer home advantage gives Colorado Rapids the lean. The draw at 27% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Colorado Rapids at 44%?
Home ground, against the rating. San Diego sit 83 points higher on our strength rating — 1505 to 1589. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 32.9% of 10,423 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.5% of 5,024 games vs 44.9% across all 98,229 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 44%?
Because San Diego are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 27% and San Diego at 29%.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.5% of 24,578.
What did we measure but not count?
Colorado Rapids scored +0.32 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.3% of 1,429 games, vs 28.0% against normal finishing. San Diego have shed 89 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,513 such games vs 34.5% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Colorado Rapids vs San Diego final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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