Colorado Rapids                           Austin FC
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK Lukas Gutlbaier           34  4  n     GK Kristijan Kahlina         26  8  n
SW Aleksander Borkovic       25  7  n     SW Jose Ferrer               21  4  n
DF Benjamin Bockle           29  8  n     DF Antonio Gomez             32  1  p
DF David Puczka              28  5  n     DF Ilie Sanchez              32  1  p
DF Horchata Fridge           25  8  n     DF Jovan Lukic               24  4  n
MF Noah Bischof              30  3  n     DF Myrto Uzani               18  5  a
MF Florien Micheler          28  7  n     MF Larry Pegg                19  7  a
MF Charney Chukwuemeka       27  9  n     MF M Niang                   18  5  a
FW Yusuf Demir               34  7  n     WG Jhojan Valencia           16 10  a
FW Ercan Kara                31  7  n     FW Brandon Vasquez           31  3  n
FW Furkan Dursum             28  8  n     FW Diego Rubio               26  6  a

Min 0: Colorado opens up with a 4-3-3 N while the El Tree will play a 5-2-3 O.
Min 0: Today's referee is Al Sellers (STRONG/STRICT).
Min 7: The ball is hooked on towards Jhojan Valencia (AUS)...
        ...who takes on David Puczka on the edge of the area...
        ...David Puczka  gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 11: Brandon Vasquez (AUS) now gets a chance to cross...
        ...he looks for Diego Rubio but it evades him...
        ...Benjamin Bockle (COL) is there to collect the ball and turn it back upfield.
Min 17: Jhojan Valencia (AUS) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Aleksander Borkovic (COL).
Min 20: Diego Rubio (AUS) breaks away and charges into the penalty area...
        ...a little shuffle of the feet...
        ...and his shot is parried away by Lukas Gutlbaier--superb save!
Min 24: Ercan Kara (COL) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Jose Ferrer (AUS).
Min 25: Here comes Noah Bischof (COL)...
        ...getting onto Ercan Kara's ball behind the defense...
        ...he slots it coolly towards Kristijan Kahlina who just deflects it out of bounds.
Min 25: The Ref pulls Diego Rubio (AUS) up for spitting? Surely he can't be serious??
Min 28: A superb strike from Ercan Kara (COL)...
        ...who smashes one with power from 20 yards out...
        ...and into the bottom left-hand corner GOAL!...
        ...a superb play and the early lead for the Rapids...
        ...score now: COL 1 - AUS 0
Min 30: Superb sliding block by David Puczka (COL) denies M Niang a sure goal...
        ...after great work from Diego Rubio in the Colorado box.
Min 30: AUS now playing Normal
Min 33: Noah Bischof (COL) nods the ball down for Charney Chukwuemeka on the edge of the box...
        ...Charney Chukwuemeka takes a heavy touch into the box...
        ...and Kristijan Kahlina rushes of his line...
        ...Charney Chukwuemeka gets there first...
        ...but his chip is deflected out of danger by an alert Jovan Lukic (AUS)!
Min 38: Here comes Furkan Dursum (COL)...
        ...getting onto Yusuf Demir's ball behind the defense...
        ...he slots it coolly past Kristijan Kahlina GOAL!...
        ...Colorado are looking strong now...
        ...score now: COL 2 - AUS 0
Min 45: Besard Sabovic on for Brandon Vasquez(FW)...
        ...Besard Sabovic will play FW.
Min 45: Kerry Cramond on for M Niang(MF)...
        ...Kerry Cramond will play MF.
Min 45: Osman Bukari on for Jhojan Valencia(WG)...
        ...Osman Bukari will play WG.


HALFTIME SCORE: Colorado 2 - Austin 0

Min 51: Ercan Kara (COL) down the wing...
        ...he plays it across to Benjamin Bockle...
        ...and the Austrian knocks it in GOAL!!...
        ...yet another one for Colorado; Coach David Blair is furious...
        ...score now: COL 3 - AUS 0
Min 59: Jovan Lukic gets overlapped by Yusuf Demir (COL)...
        ...who threads it to David Puczka...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of Kristijan Kahlina.
Min 61: Larry Pegg (AUS) finds Osman Bukari...
        ...but he hesitates and Horchata Fridge (COL) is able to make the tackle.
Min 64: Furkan Dursum (COL) and Yusuf Demir break for Colorado...
        ...Yusuf Demir looks to have found space into which to recieve Furkan Dursum's through ball...
        ...but some fantastic defending from Jovan Lukic (AUS) sees the danger snuffed out.
Min 67: Besard Sabovic (AUS) cooly sends Lukas Gutlbaier the wrong way...
        ...placing the ball into the left of the goal.  GOAL!...
        ... Austin pull one back but can they add more?...
        ...score now: COL 3 - AUS 1
Min 80: AUS now playing Press
Min 85: The Ref pulls Noah Bischof (COL) up for spitting? Surely he can't be serious??
Min 86: Ercan Kara opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Ilie Sanchez greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 88: Lukas Gutlbaier rushes out to block Besard Sabovic's (AUS) route to goal...
        ...but Besard Sabovic drifts to the left and clips the ball into the box...
        ...Benjamin Bockle covers for the keeper and heads the ball out of the goal mouth...
        ...and Lukas Gutlbaier scrambles to it.


FINAL SCORE: Colorado 3 - Austin 1


Man Of The Match: Benjamin Bockle (COL)

Colorado Rapids
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Lukas Gutlbaier           34 34 34 15 -2  n  0  2  0  0 90  6
SW Aleksander Borkovic       25 25 25 20  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Horchata Fridge           25 25 25 20  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF David Puczka              28 28 28 22 -1  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
DF Benjamin Bockle           29 29 29 23  2  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
MF Noah Bischof              30 30 30 30 -3  n  4  0  0  1 90  6
MF Charney Chukwuemeka       27 27 27 24  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Florien Micheler          28 28 28 25  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Ercan Kara                31 31 31 31  1  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
FW Furkan Dursum             28 28 28 28  2  n  0  0  1  1 90  6
FW Yusuf Demir               34 34 34 34  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6

Austin FC
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Kristijan Kahlina         26 26 26 11  2  n  0  2  0  0 90  6
SW Jose Ferrer               21 21 21 14 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Antonio Gomez             32 24 24 25 -4  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Ilie Sanchez              32 24 24 25 -4  p  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Myrto Uzani               18 22 22 18 -3  a  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Jovan Lukic               24 24 24 21 -2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Larry Pegg                19 23 23 17 -1  a  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF M Niang                   18 22 22 16  1  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
MF Kerry Cramond             19 23 23 17  0  a  0  0  0  1 45  6
WG Jhojan Valencia           16 20 20 14  6  a  0  0  0  0 45  6
WG Osman Bukari              26 26 26 23 -1  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
FW Brandon Vasquez           31 31 31 31  0  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
FW Diego Rubio               26 32 32 26 -2  a  4  0  0  1 90  6
FW Besard Sabovic            31 31 31 31  0  n  0  0  1  1 45  6

Statistics       COL AUS
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Halftime           2   0
Fulltime           3   1
Shots On Target    5   3
Shots              5   3
Saves              2   2
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       1   1
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      68  64
Revenue           64  64

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  COL  N  66.00 162.02 189.77 
  1  AUS  O  62.75 154.73 146.73 
 31  AUS  N  68.00 142.98 153.73 
 46  AUS  N  68.00 143.48 162.88 
 81  AUS  P  39.25 107.48 198.88 

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