Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 20′Los Angeles FC, yellow card:Foul
- 22′Colorado Rapids, own goal:1–0Own goal
- 32′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- 39′Los Angeles FC, yellow card:Foul
- 41′Los Angeles FC, yellow card:Foul
- 42′Colorado Rapids, missed penalty:Missed penalty
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 55′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 56′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:Foul
- 62′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 64′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 64′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 75′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 82′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 83′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 85′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 86′Los Angeles FC, substitution:off
- 88′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- Full-time1 – 0
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Colorado Rapids edge Los Angeles FC through Ebobisse own goal
Colorado Rapids beat Los Angeles FC 1-0 in a Major League Soccer regular season fixture at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, with the only goal proving decisive across the full 90 minutes and standing at half-time and full-time alike.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The breakthrough came in the 22nd minute when Jeremy Ebobisse turned the ball into his own net, handing Colorado a lead they would not relinquish. The hosts controlled proceedings from there, finishing with 51 percent of possession to 49, and were the more incisive side going forward as the away side struggled to create clear openings.
Colorado's dominance was reflected in the underlying numbers, registering 13 shots with four on target compared to nine attempts and just one on target for Los Angeles FC. The result lifted Colorado, who sit 13th in the table, while Los Angeles FC remain sixth having played one more fixture.
Cabral Carter earned the top individual rating of the match at 8.2, though the away side could not convert his influence into a goal on the night.
Colorado's expected goals figure of 2.39 against Los Angeles FC's 0.42 underlined how much of the game's territory and chance quality belonged to the home side.
Colorado Rapids beat Los Angeles FC 1–0 (half-time 1–0).
Colorado Rapids met Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 20). Kick-off was Thursday, 20 August 2026, 01:30 UTC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Referee: J. Dickerson.
Team pages: Colorado Rapids · Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 22' Goal (own goal): Jeremy Ebobisse — 1–0
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Colorado Rapids (4-2-3-1)
Los Angeles FC (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Colorado Rapids 38%, the draw 31%, Los Angeles FC 31%. It finished Colorado Rapids 1–0 Los Angeles FC.
Home ground outweighs Los Angeles FC's rating edge — Los Angeles FC are the stronger side on our strength rating, but Major League Soccer home advantage plus Colorado Rapids' cold finishing due to recover give Colorado Rapids the lean. The draw at 31% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Colorado Rapids at 38%?
Home ground, against the rating. Los Angeles FC sit 195 points higher on our strength rating — 1524 to 1719. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,057 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.5% of 5,086 games vs 44.9% across all 99,137 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Colorado Rapids sit -0.42 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.8% of 2,358 such games where the class table expected 36.3%.
Why only 38%?
Because Los Angeles FC are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 31% and Los Angeles FC at 31%.
Why is the draw second, level with the Los Angeles FC win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.0 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,099. The goals environment adds 3.6 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Colorado Rapids average 11 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 195 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Los Angeles FC scored +0.39 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,772 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
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