After two games we know a little more about the qualities of Vancouver Whitecaps and Colorado Rapids in this fresh Major League Soccer season. Read our match preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Vancouver Whitecaps's stadium, Rio Tinto Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Colorado Rapids have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Colorado Rapids when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses from seven matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 11.
These teams have little in common geographically as Colorado Rapids have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps at their home stadium (Rio Tinto Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Vancouver Whitecaps travelled for their previous game, a trip to Toronto that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Vancouver Whitecaps won a home game hosting Portland Timbers (1-0).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Vancouver Whitecaps at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Colorado Rapids have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Major League Soccer home defeat versus Austin with 1-3 on the scoreboard. A 0-0 draw at Dallas's stadium before that.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Colorado Rapids has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Vancouver Whitecaps won four, Colorado Rapids won two and four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Rose 1 goals |  L. Cavallini 1 goals | C. Dájome Arboleda 1 goals |
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
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| Vancouver Whitecaps | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | Last season | Colorado Rapids | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 19 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 27 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 21 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 95% | ||
| 62% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 29% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 17% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 26% | ||
| 42% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 63% | ||
| 17% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | ||
| 46% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Austin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Dallas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 |