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Kansas City 5-2 Colorado Rapids - September 26, 1997 / MLS 1997

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MLS 1997 - Round 33 - Western Conference

Arrowhead Stadium - Kansas City - United States

September 26, 1997 - 20:30

12 485

Kansas City

5 - 2

Colorado Rapids

Mo Johnston

17'

Assist by PrekiMatt McKeon

42'

Assist by Vitalis Takawira Preki

54'

Assist by PrekiVitalis Takawira

62'

Mo Johnston

64'

28'

Chris HendersonAssist by Peter Vermes

49'

Marcelo BalboaAssist by Adrian Paz

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10' - Yellow card Matt McKeon10

17' - Goal Mo Johnston17

28' - Goal Chris Henderson

42' - Goal Matt McKeon42

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46' - Substitution Sean Hendersonis substituted by Jorge Castañeda

49' - Goal Marcelo Balboa

54' - Goal Preki54

59' - Substitution Adrian Pazis substituted by Ross Paule

62' - Goal Vitalis Takawira62

64' - Goal Mo Johnston64

72' - Substitution Steve Pittmanis substituted by Brian Johnson photo Paul Wright

72' - Substitution Vitalis Takawirais substituted by Paul Wright72

75' - Substitution Prekiis substituted by Frank Klopas75

75' - Substitution Peter Vermesis substituted by Tahj Jakins

80' - Substitution Mike Ammannis substituted by Chris Snitko80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Kansas City

5 - 2

Colorado Rapids

Kansas City Colorado Rapids

Team line-ups

Kansas City

1 Ammann80

Mike Ammann

United States

B.date08/02/1971

Age26 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Pittman72

Steve Pittman

United States

B.date18/07/1967

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

4 Gough

Richard Gough

Scotland

B.date05/04/1962

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

6 Bowers

Sean Bowers

United States

B.date12/08/1968

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefender

20 Okafor

Uche Okafor

Nigeria

B.date08/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

21 McKeon4210

Matt McKeon

United States

B.date24/09/1974

Age23 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

9 Tinsley

Ryan Tinsley

United States

B.date01/10/1971

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

13 Chung

Mark Chung

United States

B.date18/06/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

12 Takawira6272

Vitalis Takawira

Zimbabwe

B.date24/09/1972

Age25 years

H1m75

positionForward

11 Preki5475

Preki

United States

B.date24/06/1963

Age34 years

H1m80

positionForward

10 Johnston6417

Mo Johnston

Scotland

B.date30/04/1963

Age34 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mike Ammann	80	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Steve Pittman	72	30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Richard Gough		35	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Sean Bowers		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Uche Okafor		30	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Matt McKeon	4210	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Ryan Tinsley		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Mark Chung		27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Vitalis Takawira	6272	25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Preki	5475	34	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Mo Johnston	6417	34	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Colorado Rapids

18 Grafer

Paul Grafer

United States

B.date07/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Trittschuh

Steve Trittschuh

United States

B.date24/04/1965

Age32 years

H1m82

positionDefender

17 Balboa49

Marcelo Balboa

United States

B.date08/08/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

12 Kmosko

Matt Kmosko

United States

B.date08/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefender

2 Vermes75

Peter Vermes

United States

B.date21/11/1966

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

3 Henderson46

Sean Henderson

United States

B.date25/07/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

19 Henderson28

Chris Henderson

United States

B.date11/12/1970

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

8 Bravo

Paul Bravo

United States

B.date19/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Paz59

Adrian Paz

Uruguay

B.date09/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m78

positionForward

6 Patiño

David Patiño

Mexico

B.date06/09/1967

Age30 years

H1m72

positionForward

10 Rammel

Steve Rammel

United States

B.date20/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Paul Grafer		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Steve Trittschuh		32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Marcelo Balboa	49	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Matt Kmosko		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Peter Vermes	75	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Sean Henderson	46	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Chris Henderson	28	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Paul Bravo		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Adrian Paz	59	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	F	David Patiño		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Steve Rammel		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Chris Snitko	80	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Brian Johnson	72	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Frank Klopas	75	31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	F	Paul Wright	72	28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Tahj Jakins	75	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ross Paule	59	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jorge Castañeda	46	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Uche Okafor

Brian Johnson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steve Rammel

Wolde Harris

OUT

Steve Trittschuh

Chris Martinez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Newman

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Newman vs Colorado Rapids

5 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1997

Newman vs Myernick

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 26, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Glenn Myernick

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Myernick vs Kansas City

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1997

Myernick vs Newman

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 26, 1997

Referee

Noel Kenny

6 victories	2 draws	8 losses	Kansas City16 matches	General total	Colorado Rapids16 matches	3 victories	3 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Kansas City2 matches	Season total	Colorado Rapids3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 26, 2003					Latest figure on October 18, 2003

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Matt McKeon scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Kansas City keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored vs Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer running (since 10/07/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Mo Johnston scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs in his professional career

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

1	Kansas City Wizards	49 pts	31 rd
2	Dallas Burn	42 pts	32 rd
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	41 pts	31 rd
4	Colorado Rapids	35 pts	31 rd
5	San Jose Clash	30 pts	31 rd

General ranking

1	Kansas City Wizards	49 pts	31 rd
2	Dallas Burn	42 pts	32 rd
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	41 pts	31 rd
4	Colorado Rapids	35 pts	31 rd
5	San Jose Clash	30 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LKansas City Wizards 1-3 FC Dallas06/07/1997

VKansas City Wizards 3-2 D.C. United19/07/1997

DKansas City Wizards 0-0 New England Revolution26/07/1997

DKansas City Wizards 3-3 New York Red Bulls17/08/1997

VKansas City Wizards 1-0 Colorado Rapids28/08/1997

DKansas City Wizards 0-0 New York Red Bulls12/09/1997

Overall

DSan Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Kansas City Wizards24/08/1997

VKansas City Wizards 1-0 Colorado Rapids28/08/1997

LD.C. United 2-0 Kansas City Wizards31/08/1997

VColorado Rapids 1-2 Kansas City Wizards06/09/1997

DKansas City Wizards 0-0 New York Red Bulls12/09/1997

LColumbus Crew 4-0 Kansas City Wizards14/09/1997

Current form

Away

VSan Jose Earthquakes 1-2 Colorado Rapids25/07/1997

LChicago Sockers 2-1 Colorado Rapids30/07/1997

DD.C. United 2-2 Colorado Rapids02/08/1997

LSporting Kansas City 1-0 Colorado Rapids28/08/1997

LFC Dallas 4-1 Colorado Rapids31/08/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Colorado Rapids10/09/1997

Overall

VColorado Rapids 2-0 New York Red Bulls15/08/1997

LSporting Kansas City 1-0 Colorado Rapids28/08/1997

LFC Dallas 4-1 Colorado Rapids31/08/1997

LColorado Rapids 1-2 Sporting Kansas City06/09/1997

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Colorado Rapids10/09/1997

LColorado Rapids 1-2 San Jose Earthquakes17/09/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	5
Winless streak	5	5
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	7	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	4
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	11
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	5
6	Draws (Home / Away)	3
8	Losses (Competition total)	14
2	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	45
30	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
47	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
22	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.73	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.14
1.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.77
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.14

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	19
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
21	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	20
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
2-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-4 (3 times)

Bookings

46	Yellow cards (Competition total)	41
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Preki	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Paul Bravo
Mark Chung	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Steve Trittschuh
Preki	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Wolde Harris
Preki	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Chris Henderson
Preki	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	9 assists	Chris Henderson
Preki	9 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Adrian Paz
Preki	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Adrian Paz

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

7 gf

12 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

15 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

8 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

15 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	April 13, 1996
Home	3 - 0	April 13, 1996

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 05, 1996
Away	3 - 2	September 15, 1996

Latest head to head

September 06, 1997 - MLS 1997

Colorado Rapids

1 - 2

Kansas City

August 28, 1997 - MLS 1997

Kansas City

1 - 0

Colorado Rapids logo Colorado Rapids

June 28, 1997 - MLS 1997

Colorado Rapids

3 - 3

Kansas City

September 15, 1996 - US Open Cup 1996

Kansas City

2 - 3

Colorado Rapids logo Colorado Rapids

August 07, 1996 - MLS 1996

Colorado Rapids

4 - 2

Kansas City

Best historical scorers against Colorado Rapids

Vitalis Takawira	5 goals	1996 - 1997
Frank Klopas	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Preki	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Sean Bowers	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Brian Johnson	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Uche Okafor	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Chris Henderson	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Paul Bravo	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Sean Henderson	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Scott Benedetti	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Shaun Bartlett	1 goal	1996 - 1996
David Patiño	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Colorado Rapids

Frank Klopas	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Uche Okafor	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Mark Chung	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Vitalis Takawira	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Mo Johnston	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Sean Bowers	6 matches	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Matt Kmosko	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Chris Henderson	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Steve Trittschuh	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Roy Wegerle	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Sean Henderson	5 matches	1996 - 1997
Scott Benedetti	5 matches	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Kansas City Wizards	49	31	21	9	10	57	49	+8
2	Dallas Burn	42	32	16	5	16	55	49	+6
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	41	31	15	6	16	53	44	+9
4	Colorado Rapids	35	31	13	5	18	47	58	-11
5	San Jose Clash	30	31	12	9	19	54	56	-2

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Kansas City 5-2 Colorado Rapids - September 26, 1997 / MLS 1997

Kansas City

5 - 2

Colorado Rapids

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Newman vs Colorado Rapids

Newman vs Myernick

Manager

Myernick vs Kansas City

Myernick vs Newman

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Colorado Rapids

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Players with most games played vs Colorado Rapids

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Competition info

Post-match general ranking