Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids result

Full-time · Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids

Major League Soccer · Sun, 05 Oct 2025 02:30 BST

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Real Salt Lake · Colorado Rapids · Head-to-head

Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids — Real Salt Lake won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Real Salt Lake beat Colorado Rapids 1–0 in Major League Soccer on Sunday 5 October. Expected goals (xG) tell a different story: Colorado Rapids out-shot Real Salt Lake 17 to 11 and created the better chances, 2.15 xG to 0.64 (the provider’s expected goals for this match). Context.

The goals

Real Salt Lake led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Real Salt Lake: Diogo Gonçalves (39’).

Discipline

Chris Penso, USA showed one yellow card — against 5.1 yellows a game across the last 12 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Real Salt Lake: Braian Ojeda (90+4’).

What it changes

Real Salt Lake have scored 39 goals, the second-fewest of the 15 clubs (2025 so far, after 35 games, ranked per game). Real Salt Lake have conceded 52 goals, the seventh-fewest of the 15 clubs.

Colorado Rapids have scored 44 goals, the sixth-fewest (shared) of the 15 clubs (2025 so far, after 34 games, ranked per game). Colorado Rapids have conceded 56 goals, the sixth-most (shared) of the 15 clubs.

Colorado Rapids are winless in their last three matches in all competitions. Real Salt Lake have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Diogo Gonçalves (Real Salt Lake) 6.6, J. Glad (Real Salt Lake) 5.3 and Rwan Cruz (Real Salt Lake) 5.1 led the match.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Result: Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids · Major League Soccer
Referee: Chris Penso, USA
Head-to-head (last 6): Real Salt Lake 3 · draws 0 · Colorado Rapids 3 · 3.33 goals/game
Recent form: Real Salt Lake 2W 0D 3L · Colorado Rapids 1W 1D 3L

Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.25 / 1.63

Goals

against 2 / 2 · 5 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.43 / 5.86

Corners

against 4.71 / 7 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

5.71 / 4.71

Shots on target

against 4.43 / 6 · 5 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.57 / 1.43

Cards

against 1.71 / 1.29 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

5.08 yellows

Referee · Chris Penso, USA

22.58 fouls a game

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over 12 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 28 September 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 28 September 2025. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Real Salt Lake for / against	Line	Colorado Rapids for / against
Goals scored	1.25 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.63 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.43 for · 4.71 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	5.86 for · 7 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	17.86 for · 12.29 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	13.43 for · 16.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	5.71 for · 4.43 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	4.71 for · 6 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	13 for · 12.86 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	8.57 for · 12.14 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.57 for · 1.71 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	1.43 for · 1.29 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: Chris Penso, USA — 5.08 yellow cards a game, 0.17 red cards, 22.58 fouls over 12 matches.

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Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Goalkeeper

Real Salt Lake — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Rafael Cabral	33	902970 min	922.8 /90	481.5 /90	30.1 /90

Real Salt Lake — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Real Salt Lake before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Rafael Cabral n 8	90	2.4 5/3

Real Salt Lake Defensive

Real Salt Lake — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
S. Junqua	30	631886 min	321.5 /90	160.8 /90	120.6 /90	844 /90	160.8 /90	00 /90
J. Glad	28	902509 min	321.1 /90	371.3 /90	250.9 /90	1063.8 /90	331.2 /90	60.2 /90
A. Katranis	27	621687 min	241.3 /90	80.4 /90	30.2 /90	633.4 /90	331.8 /90	80.4 /90
Brayan Vera	24	781876 min	271.3 /90	190.9 /90	150.7 /90	723.5 /90	281.3 /90	80.4 /90
N. Caliskan	21	831737 min	472.4 /90	221.1 /90	60.3 /90	763.9 /90	241.2 /90	40.2 /90
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Real Salt Lake — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Real Salt Lake before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Rafael Cabral n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
S. Junqua n 8	55.6	1.4 5/2	1.4 4/3	—
Braian Ojeda n 8	57.1	1 4/1	1.8 6/1	—
J. Glad n 8	89.9	1.1 7/2	0.5 4/0	A. Maxso
Diogo Gonçalves n 8	74.4	0.5 3/0	0.9 5/1	—
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Real Salt Lake — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Real Salt Lake before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
S. Junqua n 8	55.6	0.6 3/0
Braian Ojeda n 8	57.1	1.8 5/3
J. Glad n 8	89.9	1.1 7/1
Diogo Gonçalves n 8	74.4	0.5 3/0
A. Katranis n 8	49.6	1.6 6/1
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Real Salt Lake Attacking

Real Salt Lake — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
W. Agada	18	611095 min	20.2 /90	20.2 /90	171.4 /90	70.6 /90	161.3 /90	50.4 /90
A. Piol	18	47838 min	10.1 /90	10.1 /90	80.9 /90	20.2 /90	70.8 /90	40.4 /90
T. Wolff	10	37372 min	00 /90	00 /90	20.5 /90	10.2 /90	51.2 /90	71.7 /90
Forster Ajago	8	53423 min	20.4 /90	00 /90	102.1 /90	61.3 /90	51.1 /90	20.4 /90
J. Russell	8	39314 min	20.6 /90	00 /90	61.7 /90	51.4 /90	51.4 /90	30.9 /90
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Real Salt Lake — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Real Salt Lake before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Rafael Cabral n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
S. Junqua n 8	55.6	0.4 2/0	0 0/0
Braian Ojeda n 8	57.1	2 6/3	1 4/1
J. Glad n 8	89.9	0.5 4/0	0.1 1/0
Diogo Gonçalves n 8	74.4	1.8 6/3	1.1 4/2
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Real Salt Lake — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Real Salt Lake before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Rafael Cabral n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
S. Junqua n 8	55.6	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
Braian Ojeda n 8	57.1	0.4 2/0	0 0/0
J. Glad n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Diogo Gonçalves n 8	74.4	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
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Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper

Colorado Rapids — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Z. Steffen	25	902250 min	1044.2 /90	411.6 /90	00 /90
N. Hansen	10	91909 min	343.4 /90	141.4 /90	10.1 /90
A. Beaudry	1	9090 min	33 /90	33 /90	00 /90

Colorado Rapids — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Colorado Rapids before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Z. Steffen n 8	90	4.1 7/5
N. Hansen n 8	91.1	3.7 6/4

Colorado Rapids Defensive

Colorado Rapids — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Maxso	32	902889 min	180.6 /90	230.7 /90	321 /90	1073.3 /90	180.6 /90	40.1 /90
R. Cannon	29	882553 min	361.3 /90	572 /90	80.3 /90	963.4 /90	371.3 /90	110.4 /90
C. Awaziem	22	891963 min	291.3 /90	231.1 /90	90.4 /90	853.9 /90	211 /90	70.3 /90
I. Murphy	18	771394 min	140.9 /90	130.8 /90	130.8 /90	452.9 /90	171.1 /90	10.1 /90
K. Rosenberry	17	771308 min	141 /90	251.7 /90	171.2 /90	402.8 /90	80.6 /90	10.1 /90
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Colorado Rapids — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Colorado Rapids before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Rafael Navarro n 8	90	1.5 5/3	2.4 7/5	—
Oliver Larraz n 8	67.8	1.3 4/2	1.2 4/2	—
A. Maxso n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.5 4/0	J. Glad
C. Bassett n 8	85.8	0.5 3/1	1 4/3	—
R. Cannon n 8	90	1.6 7/5	0.8 4/2	—
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Colorado Rapids — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Colorado Rapids before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Rafael Navarro n 8	90	1.9 6/3
Oliver Larraz n 8	67.8	1.3 5/2
A. Maxso n 8	90	0.6 4/1
C. Bassett n 8	85.8	1 5/3
R. Cannon n 8	90	0.8 4/2
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Colorado Rapids Attacking

Colorado Rapids — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
Rafael Navarro	33	862853 min	140.4 /90	30.1 /90	712.2 /90	391.2 /90	321 /90	341.1 /90
C. Harris	28	521450 min	50.3 /90	20.1 /90	201.2 /90	110.7 /90	140.9 /90	161 /90
D. Yapi	26	551428 min	70.4 /90	20.1 /90	271.7 /90	130.8 /90	150.9 /90	201.3 /90
K. Cabral	17	52886 min	00 /90	00 /90	90.9 /90	30.3 /90	50.5 /90	40.4 /90
O. Fernandez	8	29234 min	00 /90	20.8 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90	93.5 /90	20.8 /90
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Colorado Rapids — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Colorado Rapids before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Rafael Navarro n 8	90	2.4 8/7	1.5 6/4
Oliver Larraz n 8	67.8	0.8 5/0	0.3 2/0
A. Maxso n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
C. Bassett n 8	85.8	1 4/3	0.7 3/2
R. Cannon n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Colorado Rapids — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Colorado Rapids before kick-off, to 28 September 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Rafael Navarro n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.3 2/0
Oliver Larraz n 8	67.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
A. Maxso n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Bassett n 8	85.8	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
R. Cannon n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Real Salt Lake		Colorado Rapids
50%	Possession	50%
0.64	Expected goals (xG)	2.15
11	Shots	17
3	Shots on target	3
5	Shots off target	7
3	Blocked shots	7
6	Shots inside the box	11
6	Corners	9
4	Offsides	0
9	Fouls	7
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
3	Saves	2
487	Passes	460
85%	Pass accuracy	85%

Real Salt Lake Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Rafael Cabral	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
D. Yedlin	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
J. Glad	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.9
Brayan Vera	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.3
Braian Ojeda	90	0	0	1	1	1	1	Y	7
N. Caliskan	90	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	7.3
V. Olatunji	89	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
D. Luna	88	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.6
A. Katranis	81	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6.9
Diogo Gonçalves	70	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	7.9
Rwan Cruz	70	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	7
W. Agada sub	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
T. Wolff sub	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.7
Emeka Eneli sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
S. Junqua sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
A. Piol sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Colorado Rapids Player Stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Rating
Z. Steffen	90	0	0	0	0	7.2
R. Cannon	90	0	0	0	2	6.3
A. Maxso	90	1	0	0	0	7
R. Holding	90	1	0	0	2	7.5
P. Aaronson	90	1	1	3	2	7.2
C. Bassett	90	1	1	1	1	6.7
Rafael Navarro	90	1	0	0	1	6.5
C. Harris	74	2	0	1	0	7.5
J. Atencio	69	1	0	0	3	6.9
Rafael Santos	61	0	0	4	0	7.2
C. Ronan	61	0	0	1	2	7.2
S. Vines sub	29	0	0	0	0	6.7
T. Ku-DiPietro sub	29	1	0	4	1	7.5
Oliver Larraz sub	21	0	0	0	0	6.9
D. Yapi sub	16	1	1	1	0	7

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Real Salt LakeLWLLW

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.6 scored / 2.6 conceded per game

Colorado RapidsLLWLD

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1.2 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Real Salt Lake 3 · 0 draws · Colorado Rapids 3 · 3.33 goals/game

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids 1–0 Real Salt Lake
2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids 3–2 Real Salt Lake
2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids
2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids
2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids 0–1 Real Salt Lake
2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids

League standing · 2025

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Real Salt Lake#9 pos41 pts34 pl-11 GD

Colorado Rapids#11 pos41 pts34 pl-12 GD

Goals per game

Real Salt Lake scored1.12

Colorado Rapids scored1.29

Real Salt Lake conceded1.44

Colorado Rapids conceded1.65

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the head-to-head record between Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids?: In their last 6 meetings, Real Salt Lake won 3, Colorado Rapids won 3 and there were 0 draws, averaging 3.33 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids?: Recent form — Real Salt Lake 2W 0D 3L; Colorado Rapids 1W 1D 3L.

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