COLORADO RAPIDS vs. TORONTO FC
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK, Commerce City, Colorado
APRIL 2, 2016 (WEEK 5, MLS GAME #37)
8 pm ET (TSN2, MLS LIVE, Altitude 2)
The Colorado Rapids are the next stop for the Toronto FC road show when the two clubs meet in an interconference matchup Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids return to action after gaining their first road result of the season two weeks ago in a 1-1 draw at D.C. United. Toronto FC are in the fourth game of their eight-game road swing to open the season, losing for the first time this season two weeks ago in a 1-0 defeat at Sporting Kansas City.
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- The Rapids return to league play after extending their undefeated streak to two games in a 1-1 draw at D.C. United on March 19. The Rapids have scored two goals this season; Marco Pappa has been involved in both, with a goal and an assist.
- Toronto FC play the fourth game of their eight-game road swing to start the season, now with a 1-1-1 record to start the year following their 1-0 loss at Sporting Kansas City last time out on March 20.
REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Kevin Klinger; 4th: Younes Marrakchi
Elfath MLS Career: 65 games; FC/gm: 25.0; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 16; pens: 18
SUSPENDED: COL: Jermaine Jones (through April 13)
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (14 meetings): Rapids 5 wins, 14 goals … Toronto FC 8 wins, 18 goals … Ties 1
AT COLORADO (6 meetings): Rapids 4 wins, 6 goals … Toronto FC 1 win, 2 goals … Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS):
9/19: TOR 3, COL 1 (Giovinco 14, 18; Perquis 38 – Powers 40)
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season. Toronto FC won the only meeting between the teams a season ago, a 3-1 win Sept. 19 at BMO Field, snapping a two-game Colorado winning run in the series.
- The Rapids won 1-0 on April 12, 2014 in Toronto, their first victory ever against TFC at BMO Field (the Rapids did win MLS Cup 2010 there). TFC had won the first six meetings between the teams in Ontario.
- The Rapids’ 1-0 victory in the last meeting at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, in 2013, was their first victory against Toronto FC since 2010 in Commerce City, snapping a four-game winless streak in the series (0-3-1).
COACHES' RECORDS:
Greg Vanney vs. COL: P1 W1 L0 D0
Pablo Mastroeni vs. TOR: P2 W1 L1 D0
