Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Colorado Rapids & Northern Colorado face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. Thankfully the previous game, versus Saint Louis City, was also a home game here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Field 20. The away team is better rested.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
Colorado Rapids participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 32.The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Saint Louis City last time out and are looking for a win here. Barrios was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Saint Louis City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The forward Rubio won the honour of being "man of the match" for Colorado Rapids with a rating of 8.83/10. Rubio served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that, Colorado played out a Major League Soccer draw 2-2 when visiting Charlotte.There will be little rest for Colorado Rapids after this match as they are travelling to Vancouver Whitecaps for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
Northern Colorado form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Colorado Springs in order to reach 3rd round of US Open Cup. Northern Colorado's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the round of 32.Things could have gone better for Northern Colorado in their USL League One away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.
Northern are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Richmond Kickers.
Previously, the US Open Cup win away at Colorado Springs (after extra-time).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The USL League One trip to Union Omaha.
{3 goals} so far away for Northern Colorado, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Barrios Puerta 2 goals |  D. Rubio Kostner 1 goals |  M. Alves da Silva 1 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
Northern Colorado missing players
| Colorado Rapids | Northern Colorado | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 47 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 12.9 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlotte Independence | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Tormenta | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenville Triumph | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Forward Madison | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Union Omaha | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Richmond Kickers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | One Knoxville | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Lexington | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Central Valley Fuego | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
