Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings
MLS · Sunday 30 August 2026 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Denver · referee R. Mendoza · full time
Full time: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake
Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake: Colorado Rapids took the points in MLS on Sunday 30 August 2026 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The goals: Reggie Cannon 58'.
How Colorado Rapids won it
The opening goal came in the 58th minute: Reggie Cannon for Colorado Rapids, set up by Youssef Maziz.
It was 0-0 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.
The referee, R. Mendoza, showed 8 yellow cards: 3 to Colorado Rapids and 5 to Real Salt Lake.
Colorado Rapids: M. Wells, 4-2-3-1 · Real Salt Lake: P. Mastroeni, 3-4-3.
Moneyball's prediction against the result
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Why it went this way
On the day the expected goals were 0.15 for Colorado Rapids and 2.33 for Real Salt Lake.
Real Salt Lake left about 2.3 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.
Real Salt Lake created the better chances, 2.33 xG to 0.15, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.
Colorado Rapids had 4 shots on target, Real Salt Lake 0.
Colorado Rapids had 64% of the ball and turned it into the win.
Where the two sides stood before this match
Colorado Rapids came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.3 a match, with 1.54 expected goals for and 0.93 against, and had won 39% of their matches.
Real Salt Lake came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.6 and conceding 1.6 a match, with 1.47 expected goals for and 1.64 against, and had won 35% of their matches.
Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake: the match in numbers
| Colorado Rapids | Match statistics | Real Salt Lake |
|---|---|---|
| 64% | Ball possession | 36% |
| 0.15 | Expected goals (xG) | 2.33 |
| 14 | Total shots | 4 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 0 |
| 4 | Big chances | 0 |
| 584 | Total passes | 333 |
| 86% | Pass accuracy | 73% |
| 7 | Corners | 1 |
| 13 | Fouls | 21 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 13 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0 | Saves | 3 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 5 |
Team statistics from Sportmonks.
Player ratings and man of the match
Man of the match: Reggie Cannon (Colorado Rapids), rated 7.7 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.
Colorado Rapids
- Reggie Cannon 7.7 1 goal
- Paxten Aaronson 7.6
- Youssef Maziz 7.5 1 assist
- Hamzat Ojediran 7.5
- Rob Holding 7.5
Real Salt Lake
- Kobi Henry 7.2
- Noel Caliskan 6.9
- Colin Guske 6.6
- Alexandros Katranis 6.6
- Juan Jose Arias 6.5
The lowest-rated starter was DeAndre Yedlin at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.
What comes next
- Colorado Rapids: SJ Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids Thursday 29 October 2026 · MLS
- Real Salt Lake: Austin vs Real Salt Lake Thursday 29 October 2026 · MLS
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Questions about Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake
What was the score in Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake?
Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake (half-time 0-0), MLS, Sunday 30 August 2026.
Who scored in Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake?
Reggie Cannon 58'.
Did Moneyball predict Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake correctly?
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Who was man of the match in Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake?
Reggie Cannon, rated 7.7 by Sportmonks.
Who refereed Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake?
R. Mendoza.
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