MLS

FT Friday, September 14, 2012
Colorado Rapids DLLWL 0
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LA Galaxy WWWWW 2
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Dignity Health Sports Park · 20,204 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
7
Corner Kicks
1
6
Saves
2
46.5
Possession
53.5
19
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
345
Accurate Passes
433
428
Passes
505
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
1
19
Crosses
8
0.4
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
36
17
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
0
19
Effective Tackles
11
20
Tackles
12
1.0
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
19
16
Clearances
22

Head to Head

LA leads series 4-1

Lineups

LA · 4-4-2

  1. 12Josh SaundersG
  2. 20A.J. DeLaGarzaCD-L
  3. 4Omar GonzálezCD-R
  4. 2Todd DunivantLB
  5. 5Sean FranklinRB
  6. 19JuninhoCM-L
  7. 8Marcelo SarvasCM-R
  8. 18Mike MageeLM
  9. 9Christian WilhelmssonRM
  10. 10Landon DonovanCF-L
  11. 7Robbie KeaneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Tommy MeyerSUB
  2. 24Brian PerkSUB
  3. 35Bryan GaulSUB
  4. 26Michael StephensSUB
  5. 16Hector JimenezSUB
  6. 14Edson BuddleSUB
  7. 33Jose VillarrealSUB

COL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Matthew PickensG
  2. 34Tyrone MarshallCD-L
  3. 22Marvell WynneCD-R
  4. 21Luis ZapataLB
  5. 3Drew MoorRB
  6. 12Hendry ThomasLM
  7. 4Jeff LarentowiczRM
  8. 19Andre AkpanF
  9. 10Martin RiveroRCF
  10. 32Tony CascioAM-L
  11. 23Jaime CastrillónAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Omar CummingsSUB
  2. 29Scott PalgutaSUB
  3. 5Joseph NaneSUB
  4. 31Steward CeusSUB
  5. 9Conor CaseySUB
  6. 13Kamani HillSUB
  7. 11Brian MullanSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Colorado Rapids 0. Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Landon Donovan with a through ball.
  2. 41' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Omar Cummings replaces Tony Cascio because of an injury.
  3. 58' Christian Wilhelmsson (LA Galaxy) Goal at 58'
  4. 61' Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Colorado Rapids 0. Christian Wilhelmsson (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcelo Sarvas.
  5. 63' Marcelo Sarvas (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 74' Attempt saved. Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  7. 77' Omar Cummings (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  8. 78' A.J. DeLaGarza (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 83' Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Matt Pickens.

MLS News

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