San Diego FC have impressed within the early phases of their time in MLS, and head coach Mikey Varas is decided to maintain their streak going towards the Colorado Rapids.
San Diego are second within the Western Convention after seven video games, sitting two factors behind leaders Vancouver Whitecaps, and have suffered only one defeat to this point.
After two video games and not using a win, San Diego have now received their final two on the bounce, beating Los Angeles FC and Seattle Sounders.
Varas is delighted with how his crew have performed this season however highlighted the significance of constructing on their present momentum.
“We’re trying to discover consistency,” he mentioned. “Certainly one of our goals is to maintain the streak going, and that takes quite a lot of focus and vitality to be relentless with the duty at hand.
“We have to management the issues we will management, so we’re studying about ourselves on this second, and it’s an amazing alternative.
“We’re actually placing within the effort to ensure we’re constant.”
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Flying someplace? pic.twitter.com/SH7d9GWAq0
— San Diego FC (@sandiegofc) April 11, 2025
Colorado, in the meantime, sit seventh within the West, three factors behind their opponents forward of Saturday’s assembly.
The Rapids have alternated between wins and losses of their final 4 MLS matches, shedding to Vancouver final trip.
Whereas Colorado have by no means confronted San Diego earlier than, head coach Chris Armas is aware of what to anticipate from Varas’ crew and is decided to ensure his crew are as much as the duty.
“There’s at all times sufficient movie. A variety of what they find out about themselves, we find out about them as a result of you’ll be able to see it,” Armas mentioned.
“I feel generally whenever you don’t know the [opponent] as effectively, it’s a lot extra about us, however I feel it’s fairly clear.
“Some groups are very, very clear about what they attempt to do, their behaviors, their rules. That’s clear: They’re a crew that may play direct, and so they’re a crew that may play actually, actually good in possession.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Colorado Rapids – Kevin Cabral
Colorado tried simply seven photographs in its defeat to Vancouver on Saturday, failing to hit a shot heading in the right direction for the second time this season (vs. St. Louis Metropolis SC in February).
Kevin Cabral was one in every of simply two gamers to have multiple shot (two) and gathered the best anticipated objectives (xG) with 0.14, as he continued his seek for a primary objective of the season.
San Diego FC – Hirving Lozano
Two of San Diego’s three objectives of their win over Seattle on Saturday have been scored within the remaining 5 minutes of the primary half, with Hirving Lozano scoring the second in first-half stoppage time.
Total, eight of San Diego’s 13 objectives this season have been scored within the remaining quarter-hour of halves, together with six within the remaining 5 minutes of every half plus stoppage time.
It begins on the supply and builds all the best way to the pitch #Rapids96 pic.twitter.com/w17tAzVu6g
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) April 11, 2025
MATCH PREDICTION: COLORADO RAPIDS WIN
Colorado have received solely three of 14 regular-season matches towards growth groups courting again to 2015 (D4 L7). Two of the three wins got here towards Austin FC in 2021.
The Rapids have misplaced solely two of their 18 dwelling matches towards growth groups courting again to 2005 (W10 D6). The one MLS newcomers to defeat the Rapids in Colorado this century are Los Angeles FC in 2018 and Austin in 2021.
San Diego have impressed to this point, and their 3-0 win over Seattle on Saturday was their third win by a number of objectives of their first seven MLS matches. San Diego’s +7 objective distinction is tied with St. Louis Metropolis SC in 2023 for the second-best by an growth crew of their first seven video games of a season (Atlanta United – +9 in 2017).
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Colorado Rapids – 43.9%
Draw – 26.8%
San Diego FC – 29.3%
