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DC United vs Colorado Rapids: result 4-2 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 23Kick-off on August 18, 2014 at 12:00 AM (UTC)Audi Field, Washington, District of Columbia

DC United
4-2
Colorado Rapids

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What was the result of DC United vs Colorado Rapids?

DC United won 4-2 on August 18, 2014.

Goalscorers

  • 12′L. SilvaDC United
  • 52′D. SernaColorado Rapids
  • 67′L. SilvaDC United
  • 81′Chris RolfeDC United
  • 86′F. EspíndolaDC United
  • 90′D. BrownColorado Rapids

Official lineup for DC United vs Colorado Rapids

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

DC United

  1. 9F. Espíndola
  2. 11L. Silva
  3. 18Chris Rolfe
  1. 14N. DeLeon
  2. 23P. Kitchen
  3. 8D. Arnaud
  1. 5S. Franklin
  2. 15S. Birnbaum
  3. 32Bobby Boswell
  4. 33T. Kemp
  1. 28B. Hamid

Colorado Rapids

  1. 7Vicente Martín Sánchez Bragunde
  2. 26D. Brown
  1. 2Nick LaBrocca
  2. 6José Mari
  3. 8D. Powers
  1. 3Drew Moor
  2. 4Marc Burch
  3. 15Chris Klute
  4. 17D. Serna
  5. 22Marvell Wynne
  1. 1C. Irwin
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, DC United have 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats; Colorado Rapids have 5, 3 and 7.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

DC United
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 10, 2014Real Salt Lake(away)0-3Major League Soccer
Aug 4, 2014Houston Dynamo(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Jul 30, 2014Toronto FC(home)3-0Major League Soccer
Jul 21, 2014Chivas USA(home)3-1Major League Soccer
Jul 12, 2014San Jose Earthquakes(away)2-1Major League Soccer
Colorado Rapids
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 10, 2014FC Dallas(away)1-3Major League Soccer
Aug 3, 2014Real Salt Lake(home)0-1Major League Soccer
Jul 30, 2014New England Revolution(away)0-3Major League Soccer
Jul 26, 2014Chivas USA(home)3-0Major League Soccer
Jul 19, 2014Portland Timbers(away)1-2Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 2 meetings: 1 DC United win, 1 draw, 0 Colorado Rapids wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Jul 8, 2013Colorado Rapids 0-0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
May 16, 2012DC United 2-0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Colorado Rapids vs DC United on Jul 8, 2013

How many goals should we expect?

DC United score 1.3 and concede 0.9 goals per match over their last 15; Colorado Rapids score 1.8 and concede 1.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
DC United1.30.956/157/15
Colorado Rapids1.81.549/1511/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

DC United sit 12th in Major League Soccer (33 points from 28 matches) and Colorado Rapids sit 9th (38 points from 29 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
9Colorado RapidsWestern Conference2911513414138
12DC UnitedEastern Conference287129364733

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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