Colorado Rapids vs LA Galaxy, 2022 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSRubio, Zardes lead Rapids to 2-0 victory over Galaxy
— Diego Rubio had a first-half goal, Gyasi Zardes scored in the second and the Colorado Rapids beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 on Saturday night.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Foul by Diego Rubio (Colorado Rapids).
- 4': Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Esteves with a through ball.
- 7': Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
- 8': Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Nick DePuy.
- 11': Hand ball by Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids).
- 12': Attempt blocked. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sacha Kljestan.
- 12': Attempt missed. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 14': Attempt missed. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 14': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by William Yarbrough.
- 16': Efraín Álvarez (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Lucas Esteves (Colorado Rapids).
- 16': Foul by Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy).
- 16': Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Kévin Cabral (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic with a through ball.
- 18': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Danny Wilson.
- 19': Attempt saved. Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Efraín Álvarez with a cross.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Efraín Álvarez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raheem Edwards.
- 20': Goal! Colorado Rapids 1, LA Galaxy 0. Diego Rubio (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Lewis following a fast break.
- 23': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 23': Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Nick DePuy.
- 24': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 25': Offside, Colorado Rapids. Gyasi Zardes tries a through ball, but Keegan Rosenberry is caught offside.
- 26': VAR Decision: No Goal Colorado Rapids 1-0 LA Galaxy.
- 29': Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Michael Barrios (Colorado Rapids).
- 31': Attempt blocked. Efraín Álvarez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 35': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Keegan Rosenberry.
- 35': Attempt missed. Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sacha Kljestan with a cross following a corner.
- 35': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nick DePuy.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Raveloson.
- 37': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Lalas Abubakar.
- 37': Attempt missed. Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Efraín Álvarez with a cross following a corner.
- 37': Attempt missed. Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rayan Raveloson following a corner.
- 38': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 38': Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Foul by Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy).
- 39': Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Foul by Bryan Acosta (Colorado Rapids).
- 40': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Foul by Bryan Acosta (Colorado Rapids).
- 42': Sacha Kljestan (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Attempt missed. Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Rubio.
- 44': Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids).
- 45': Foul by Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy).
- 45': Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Bryan Acosta (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Colorado Rapids 1, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Colorado Rapids 1, LA Galaxy 0.
- 45': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Collen Warner replaces Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
- 45': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre replaces Sacha Kljestan.
- 45': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Douglas Costa replaces Raheem Edwards.
- 45': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Samuel Grandsir replaces Kévin Cabral.
- 47': Offside, LA Galaxy. Efraín Álvarez tries a through ball, but Dejan Joveljic is caught offside.
- 49': Attempt missed. Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Efraín Álvarez.
- 51': Foul by Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy).
- 51': Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Attempt missed. Michael Barrios (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Rubio with a cross.
- 53': Foul by Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy).
- 53': Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Rubio with a cross.
- 57': Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Derrick Williams.
- 57': Attempt missed. Diego Rubio (Colorado Rapids) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Bryan Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Efraín Álvarez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Douglas Costa.
- 62': Diego Rubio (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Julián Araujo (LA Galaxy).
- 62': Julián Araujo (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Sam Nicholson replaces Michael Barrios.
- 63': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Víctor Vázquez replaces Efraín Álvarez.
- 64': Offside, Colorado Rapids. Jonathan Lewis tries a through ball, but Gyasi Zardes is caught offside.
- 65': Foul by Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy).
- 65': Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 66': Attempt missed. Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 67': Hand ball by Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy).
- 68': Danny Wilson (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card.
- 68': Foul by Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy).
- 68': Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 68': Nick DePuy (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Lalas Abubakar (Colorado Rapids).
- 72': Foul by Bryan Acosta (Colorado Rapids).
- 72': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 73': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Lucas Esteves.
- 75': Goal! Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 0. Gyasi Zardes (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Lewis.
- 77': Foul by Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy).
- 77': Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 78': Chase Gasper (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 80': Attempt saved. Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Nicholson.
- 80': Attempt missed. Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Samuel Grandsir.
- 81': Substitution, LA Galaxy. Kelvin Leerdam replaces Chase Gasper.
- 81': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Max replaces Jonathan Lewis.
- 84': Corner, LA Galaxy. Conceded by Bryan Acosta.
- 85': Attempt missed. Samuel Grandsir (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Julián Araujo.
- 85': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Drew Moor replaces Gyasi Zardes.
- 86': Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Darren Yapi replaces Diego Rubio.
- 86': Foul by Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids).
- 86': Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Attempt missed. Julián Araujo (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 88': Hand ball by Sam Nicholson (Colorado Rapids).
- 90'+2': Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Collen Warner (Colorado Rapids).
- 90'+2': Collen Warner (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Douglas Costa (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Víctor Vázquez from a direct free kick.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 0.
- 0': Match ends, Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 0.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 0.
- 0': Match ends, Colorado Rapids 2, LA Galaxy 0.
Statistics
LA |
COL![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 50.9 | Possession | 49.1 |
| 18 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 302 | Accurate Passes | 292 |
| 368 | Passes | 356 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 16 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 51 | Long Balls | 62 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 3 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 7 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 27 |
| 9 | Clearances | 27 |
Game Information
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Location: Commerce City, Colorado, USA
Attendance: 17,975
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego FC | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3 | +6 | 9 |
| 4 | LAFC | 3 | +6 | 9 |
Line-Ups
Colorado Rapids (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | William Yarbrough (GK) |
| 4 | Danny Wilson |
| 6 | Lalas Abubakar |
| 21 | Bryan Acosta |
| 66 | Lucas Esteves |
| 2 | Keegan Rosenberry |
| 97 | Ralph Priso-Mbongue |
| 11 | Diego Rubio |
| 7 | Jonathan Lewis |
| 12 | Michael Barrios |
| 29 | Gyasi Zardes |
LA Galaxy (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Bond (GK) |
| 3 | Derrick Williams |
| 20 | Nick DePuy |
| 77 | Chase Gasper |
| 2 | Julián Araujo |
| 16 | Sacha Kljestan |
| 6 | Rayan Raveloson |
| 44 | Raheem Edwards |
| 26 | Efrain Álvarez |
| 99 | Dejan Joveljic |
| 9 | Kévin Cabral |
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