Major League Soccer · Matchweek 19
Colorado Rapids
COO
2–0Full time
Sporting Kansas City
SPO
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
54%Possession47%
32%Territory34%
18%From set plays18%
0.09Chance quality0.10
4.5%Directness4.7%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Colorado, 3 for Sporting KC. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Colorado
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.