Colorado Rapids 0 – 1 St. Louis CITY SC

MLS · July 26, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

St. Louis CITY SC came into Dick's Sporting Goods Park and walked out with a one-nothing victory over the Colorado Rapids, and honestly, the numbers tell you everything you need to know about how lopsided this one got.

St. Louis controlled this match from the opening whistle, finishing with sixty-five percent of the possession and an eye-popping nineteen shots to Colorado's two. The Rapids were barely a presence going forward — not a single shot on target all night — while St. Louis peppered the goal with three on frame, and one of them found the back of the net to settle it.

Colorado made things harder on themselves with three yellow cards and a red card, and that indiscipline showed up in the foul count too — nine against the Rapids, twenty-two from St. Louis, who were aggressive but kept their composure where it mattered. The Rapids also never generated a corner kick. One. St. Louis had ten.

Tomas Totland led all players with four total shots for the visitors, while Dante Polvara was the engine in midfield, completing seventy-nine accurate passes to keep St. Louis in complete control. On the Colorado side, Lucas Herrington was everywhere defensively with thirteen interventions, but there was simply too much pressure to hold back.

St. Louis didn't just win this game — they dominated every phase of it, and Colorado never had an answer. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Complete Play-by-Play

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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Rob Holding. 2'

Attempt saved. Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Nicolas Hansen (Colorado Rapids). Assisted by Marcel Hartel with a cross. 3'

Foul by Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids). 3'

Timo Baumgartl (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 3'

Paxten Aaronson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 6'

Foul by Dante Polvara (St. Louis City SC). 6'

Attempt missed. Jeong Sang-Bin (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. 7'

Hamzat Ojediran (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 11'

Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC). 11'

Paxten Aaronson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 11'

Foul by Dante Polvara (St. Louis City SC). 11'

Foul by Rob Holding (Colorado Rapids). 12'

Jeong Sang-Bin (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 12'

Rob Holding (Colorado Rapids) is shown the red card. 12'

Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 15'

Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC). 15'

Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Miguel Navarro replaces Dante Sealy. 17'

Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Hansen (Colorado Rapids). 20'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 21'

Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 23'

Foul by Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC). 23'

Hamzat Ojediran (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing. 23'

Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC). 23'

Foul by Hamzat Ojediran (Colorado Rapids). 25'

Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half. 25'

Hamzat Ojediran (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 25'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 27'

Foul by Dante Polvara (St. Louis City SC). 27'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 29'

Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC). 29'

Delay in match because of an injury Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids). 30'

Delay over. They are ready to continue. 31'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 35'

Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC). 35'

Jeong Sang-Bin (St. Louis City SC) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Dante Polvara. 37'

Attempt blocked. Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeong Sang-Bin. 39'

Attempt missed. Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. 39'

Lucas Herrington (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 40'

Foul by Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC). 40'

Attempt missed. Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dante Polvara. 43'

Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 44'

Foul by Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC). 44'

Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. 45'

Paxten Aaronson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing. 45'+1'

Foul by Timo Baumgartl (St. Louis City SC). 45'+1'

Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 45'+3'

Foul by Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC). 45'+3'

Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 45'+3'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Lucas Herrington. 45'+4'

Attempt blocked. Jeong Sang-Bin (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. 45'+5'

First Half ends, St. Louis City SC 0, Colorado Rapids 0. 45'+5'

Second Half begins St. Louis City SC 0, Colorado Rapids 0. 45'

Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Georgi Minoungou replaces Darren Yapi. 45'

Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Noah Cobb replaces Reggie Cannon. 45'

Corner, Colorado Rapids. Conceded by Dante Polvara. 47'

Paxten Aaronson (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 48'

Foul by Jeong Sang-Bin (St. Louis City SC). 48'

Foul by Loïc Williams (Colorado Rapids). 49'

Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing. 49'

Offside, St. Louis City SC. Simon Becher is caught offside. 50'

Attempt missed. Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Chris Durkin. 52'

Attempt blocked. Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. 53'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Lucas Herrington. 54'

Attempt blocked. Daniel Edelman (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcel Hartel. 54'

Noah Cobb (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 55'

Foul by Dante Polvara (St. Louis City SC). 55'

Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Kosi Thompson replaces Hamzat Ojediran. 55'

Georgi Minoungou (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 57'

Foul by Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC). 57'

Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Eduard Löwen replaces Jeong Sang-Bin. 58'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Georgi Minoungou. 59'

Attempt missed. Dante Polvara (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eduard Löwen with a cross following a corner. 59'

Attempt blocked. Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dante Polvara. 59'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Rafael Navarro. 59'

Foul by Josh Atencio (Colorado Rapids). 61'

Chris Durkin (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing. 61'

Attempt blocked. Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcel Hartel with a headed pass. 62'

Attempt saved. Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nicolas Hansen (Colorado Rapids). Assisted by Chris Durkin. 62'

Foul by Josh Atencio (Colorado Rapids). 63'

Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing. 63'

Attempt blocked. Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcel Hartel. 64'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 64'

Foul by Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC). 64'

Attempt missed. Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. 65'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Georgi Minoungou. 66'

Offside, St. Louis City SC. Eduard Löwen is caught offside. 67'

Foul by Josh Atencio (Colorado Rapids). 68'

Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing. 68'

Josh Atencio (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. 68'

Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Wayne Frederick replaces Josh Atencio. 69'

Attempt blocked. Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. 71'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Wayne Frederick. 74'

Attempt blocked. Tomas Totland (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Conrad Wallem. 75'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Paxten Aaronson. 75'

Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Palmer Ault replaces Simon Becher. 76'

Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák replaces Chris Durkin. 76'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Kosi Thompson. 77'

Offside, St. Louis City SC. Tomas Totland is caught offside. 80'

Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Colorado Rapids 0. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tomas Totland with a headed pass. 83'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing. 85'

Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC). 85'

Foul by Georgi Minoungou (Colorado Rapids). 86'

Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 86'

Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Miguel Perez replaces Marcel Hartel. 87'

Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Lukas MacNaughton replaces Jaziel Orozco because of an injury. 87'

Attempt blocked. Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduard Löwen. 89'

Wayne Frederick (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 89'

Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC). 89'

Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. 90'

Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick on the left wing. 90'+1'

Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC). 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Rafael Navarro (Colorado Rapids) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Miguel Navarro with a cross following a set piece situation. 90'+1'

Loïc Williams (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90'+3'

Foul by Lukas MacNaughton (St. Louis City SC). 90'+3'

Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Loïc Williams. 90'+4'

Foul by Miguel Navarro (Colorado Rapids). 90'+5'

Lukas MacNaughton (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick on the right wing. 90'+5'

Georgi Minoungou (Colorado Rapids) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 90'+5'

Foul by Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC). 90'+5'

Second Half ends, St. Louis City SC 1, Colorado Rapids 0. 90'+6'

Kosi Thompson (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card. 90'+6'

Match ends, St. Louis City SC 1, Colorado Rapids 0.