Peter Vermes urged his Sporting Kansas Metropolis gamers to take accountability for their very own place forward of the upcoming MLS highway journey to Colorado Rapids.
SKC ended a three-game dropping streak with a 2-0 victory over Austin FC of their final encounter, simply their second victory in 15 league video games.
Kansas Metropolis are nonetheless backside of the Western Convention and 11 factors adrift of the playoff spots, although Vermes is determined for combating spirit forward of a testing schedule.
“We will’t wait, we now have loads of video games which can be essential developing,” SKC head coach Vermes mentioned at his pre-match media availability.
“Every recreation has its personal significance to it, this all began final week however we have to hold going.
“We go in with a plan, we now have an thought, it typically comes right down to how the blokes get better. Hopefully nobody will get injured, but additionally simply minutes – it’s going to be actually essential.
“Every man himself needs to be prepared for the accountability of the place and realizing what we do when we now have the ball, once we don’t, they’ve to enter the sport with that.
“We don’t have loads of coaching time in between video games, so all of them should be prepared for that.”
The Burgundy Boys can be out to increase their house unbeaten run to 5 video games on this conflict, although they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Los Angeles FC final outing on the highway.
Colorado are fourth within the West standings however 9 factors adrift of the highest two, a spot they are going to hope to shorten at Dick’s Sporting Items Park.
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— Sporting Kansas Metropolis (@SportingKC) June 30, 2024
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Colorado Rapids – Rafael Navarro
Rafael Navarro has scored in every of his final 5 house appearances for the Rapids, and can fancy his probabilities of extending a powerful run this time round.
The one gamers with an extended streak in regular-season play in Colorado’s historical past are Diego Rubio (six in 2022) and Mark Chung (additionally six in 2003).
Sporting Kansas Metropolis – William Agada
Targets have been laborious to come back by for the Kansas Metropolis facet, with William Agada main the best way this season in MLS with 5 strikes.
Agada has managed that tally from 20 video games, averaging a aim each 4 matches, however will hope so as to add to his scoring returns in Colorado.
MATCH PREDICTION – COLORADO RAPIDS WIN
The Rapids are the favourites for victory on house soil on this conflict, owing to a exceptional head-to-head document in conferences between this pair.
Colorado are unbeaten in 10 straight regular-season house matches in opposition to SKC (W5 D5) and have misplaced solely two of their 28 house league matches in opposition to them since August 2000 (W13 D13).
This can even be Colorado’s third Independence Day assembly with Sporting, having gained in each 2003 and 2005, with the expectation that historical past will repeat itself right here.
SKC are hardly in fantastic type both, having managed simply their second win final outing of their earlier 15 MLS matches (D2 L11).
Nevertheless, they managed the membership’s first clear sheet since a scoreless draw at LAFC on March 9, and can hope to construct on that efficiency right here.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Colorado Rapids win – 48.2%
Draw – 25.9%
Sporting Kansas Metropolis win – 25.9%
