Colorado Rapids vs CF Montreal — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 43′Colorado Rapids, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- Half-time1 – 0
- 54′Colorado Rapids, substitution:Sayed Abu Farkhioff
- 54′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 58′CF Montreal, substitution:off
- 58′CF Montreal, substitution:off
- 59′CF Montreal, substitution:off
- 68′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 76′CF Montreal, substitution:off
- 81′CF Montreal, yellow card:
- 82′CF Montreal, substitution:off
- 83′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 83′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 85′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- 90′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- Full-time1 – 0
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Aaronson penalty enough as Colorado Rapids edge past CF Montreal
Colorado Rapids beat CF Montreal 1-0 in a Major League Soccer regular season fixture at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, with the only goal coming from the penalty spot before half-time. The result lifted Wells' side, who sit 12th in the table, while Montreal remain down in 29th place after another defeat.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Paxten Aaronson converted from the spot in the 43rd minute to send the hosts in ahead at the break, and that single strike proved decisive across the remaining 47 minutes. Neither side added to the scoreline in the second half, with Colorado content to protect their lead and Montreal unable to force an equaliser.
Colorado dominated territorially, holding 59 percent of possession and outshooting their visitors 18 to 11, with seven efforts on target compared to Montreal's five. The Rapids also won five corners to Montreal's solitary one, underlining their control of proceedings even as the scoreboard stayed still after Aaronson's opener.
Nicholas Defreitas was the top-rated performer on the pitch, finishing with a rating of 7.91 for Colorado, just ahead of Montreal goalkeeper Sebastian Breza's 7.86 despite the away side's loss.
Colorado's 59 percent share of possession reflected the control they exerted over a match they led from the 43rd minute onward.
Colorado Rapids beat CF Montreal 1–0 (half-time 1–0).
Colorado Rapids met CF Montreal in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 25). Kick-off was Sunday, 13 September 2026, 01:30 UTC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Referee: Drew Fischer. Attendance: 15,091.
Team pages: Colorado Rapids · CF Montreal · Major League Soccer
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- 43' Goal (penalty): Paxten Aaronson — 1–0
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Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)
CF Montreal (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Colorado Rapids 54%, the draw 31%, CF Montreal 15%. It finished Colorado Rapids 1–0 CF Montreal.
Colorado Rapids' rating edge, but the draw is in play — Colorado Rapids are a shade stronger on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage plus their control of the ball on top give Colorado Rapids the lean. The draw at 31% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Colorado Rapids at 54%?
Colorado Rapids sit 98 points higher on our strength rating — 1518 to 1421. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge at home won 50.5% of 10,454 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 49.3% of 5,159 games vs 44.9% across all 100,077 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Colorado Rapids hold 6 more possession points (55 to 49 in recent games) across a 98-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,670 such games where the class table expected 41.3%.
Why only 54%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 54% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 31% and CF Montreal at 15%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the CF Montreal win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.3 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.2% of 18,201. The goals environment adds 3.5 points to the draw. The control factor adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Colorado Rapids sit -0.39 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. Colorado Rapids are missing 3 regular starters — Reginald Cannon, Miguel Navarro, Hamzat Ojediran — about 25% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. 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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On this page: the Colorado Rapids vs CF Montreal 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.
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