MLS

FT Wednesday, September 11, 2019
LA Galaxy DLDLL 1
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Colorado Rapids DLWWW 2
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Match Report

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Mezquida winner helps Rapids stun Galaxy

Nicolas Mezquida scored in the 85th minute and the Colorado Rapids earned a 2-1 victory Wednesday over the LA Galaxy at Commerce City.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
11
10
Saves
6
45.6
Possession
54.4
13
SHOTS
19
7
ON GOAL
12
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
210
Accurate Passes
253
291
Passes
345
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
53
26
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
9
0.4
Tackle %
0.9
7
Interceptions
4
33
Effective Clearances
14
33
Clearances
14

Head to Head

COL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

COL · 4-3-3

  1. 31Clint IrwinG
  2. 5Tommy SmithCD-L
  3. 4Danny WilsonCD-R
  4. 2Keegan RosenberryLB
  5. 6Lalas AbubakarRB
  6. 19Jack PriceCM
  7. 26Cole BassettLM
  8. 10Kellyn AcostaRM
  9. 99Andre ShinyashikiF
  10. 20Nicolás MezquidaLF
  11. 28Sam NicholsonRF

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David BinghamG
  2. 21Giancarlo GonzálezCD-L
  3. 5Daniel SteresCD-R
  4. 16Jorgen SkjelvikLB
  5. 25Rolf FeltscherRB
  6. 11Favio ÁlvarezAM
  7. 14Joe CoronaLM
  8. 6Servando CarrascoRM
  9. 9Zlatan IbrahimovicF
  10. 10Cristian PavónAM-L
  11. 12Chris PontiusAM-R

Timeline

  1. 38' Jørgen Skjelvik (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Uriel Antuna replaces Chris Pontius.
  3. 74' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Emil Cuello replaces Favio Álvarez because of an injury.
  4. 79' Daniel Steres (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 79' Goal! Colorado Rapids 1, LA Galaxy 0. Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Price with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 82' Goal! Colorado Rapids 1, LA Galaxy 1. Giancarlo González (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Pavón with a cross following a corner.
  7. 85' Goal! Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 1. Nicolás Mezquida (Colorado Rapids) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 86' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Efrain Álvarez replaces Servando Carrasco.
  9. 87' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Axel Sjöberg replaces Cole Bassett.
  10. 89' Jack Price (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+5' VAR Decision: No Red Card Cristian Pavón (LA Galaxy).
  12. 90'+6' Cristian Pavón (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+7' Andre Shinyashiki (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+10' VAR Decision: No Penalty LA Galaxy.

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