Colorado Rapids vs Seattle Sounders — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 28′Colorado Rapids, goal:1–0assist
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Seattle Sounders, substitution:off
- 49′Seattle Sounders, goal:1–1assist
- 55′Colorado Rapids, goal:2–1
- 60′Seattle Sounders, substitution:off
- 60′Seattle Sounders, substitution:off
- 63′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 69′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- 71′Seattle Sounders, substitution:off
- 72′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 72′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 76′Colorado Rapids, goal:3–1assist
- 79′Seattle Sounders, goal:3–2assist
- 79′Colorado Rapids, yellow card:
- 83′Seattle Sounders, substitution:off
- 84′Colorado Rapids, substitution:off
- 90+3′Seattle Sounders, goal:3–3assist
- Full-time3 – 3
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Colorado Rapids denied by late Seattle Sounders equaliser in six-goal thriller
Colorado Rapids and Seattle Sounders drew 3-3 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Major League Soccer's Matchday 26, with Caden Clark's equaliser in the 90+3 minute denying the hosts a victory they had appeared to have secured. It was the second two-goal lead the home side had held, and Seattle took the point at the very end.
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Morgan Whittaker put Colorado ahead in the 28th minute, finishing from a Paxten Aaronson assist, and the hosts led 1-0 at the break. Cristian Roldan levelled in the 49th minute from an Albert Rusnák assist, but D. Phillip restored the lead six minutes later, in the 55th.
Whittaker struck again in the 76th minute, again set up by Aaronson, to make it 3-1. Seattle responded within three minutes, Dejan Joveljić scoring in the 79th minute from a Sebastian Gomez assist. Clark then headed the late leveller, Rusnák providing his second assist of the night.
Seattle came from two goals down to draw and are now without a win in 8 games. The point lifted them from 26th to 23rd, seven points behind Colorado in 12th. Colorado's last home game before this had ended in a 3-0 defeat by St. Louis City.
Morgan Whittaker scored twice, in the 28th and 76th minutes, and was the match's highest-rated player with a 9.0 rating. Paxten Aaronson supplied both of his goals.
Colorado had 18 shots to Seattle's 16, yet could not hold a lead that stood at two goals on two occasions.
Colorado Rapids and Seattle Sounders drew 3–3 (half-time 1–0).
Colorado Rapids met Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 26). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 01:30 UTC at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Referee: Elijio Arreguin. Attendance: 17,092.
Team pages: Colorado Rapids · Seattle Sounders · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 28' Goal: Morgan Whittaker (assist: Paxten Aaronson) — 1–0
- 49' Goal: Cristian Roldan (assist: Albert Rusnák) — 1–1
- 55' Goal: D. Phillip — 2–1
- 76' Goal: Morgan Whittaker (assist: Paxten Aaronson) — 3–1
- 79' Goal: Dejan Joveljić (assist: Sebastian Gomez) — 3–2
- 90+3' Goal: Caden Clark (assist: Albert Rusnák) — 3–3
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Colorado Rapids (4-3-3)
Seattle Sounders (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Colorado Rapids 41%, the draw 32%, Seattle Sounders 27%. It finished Colorado Rapids 3–3 Seattle Sounders.
Home ground outweighs Seattle Sounders' rating edge — Seattle Sounders are the stronger side on our strength rating, but Major League Soccer home advantage plus Colorado Rapids' control of the ball give Colorado Rapids the lean. The draw at 32% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Colorado Rapids at 41%?
Home ground, against the rating. Seattle Sounders sit 60 points higher on our strength rating — 1505 to 1565. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 33.0% of 10,648 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 5,175 games vs 44.9% across all 100,303 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Colorado Rapids hold 11 more possession points (54 to 43 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, home teams with this control edge won 47.9% of 5,225 games, vs 43.9% when styles were level.
Why only 41%?
Because Seattle Sounders are the stronger side on our strength rating. Seattle Sounders sit -0.34 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 32.4% of 1,375 games, vs 29.2% for visitors finishing normally.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Seattle Sounders win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 2.1 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.1% of 18,221. The goals environment adds 3.7 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. Seattle Sounders have shed 73 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.7% of 9,765 such games vs 34.6% 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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