San Jose Earthquakes (13-8-6, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Colorado Rapids (11-13-3, ninth in the Western Conference)
Commerce City, Colorado; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Colorado -110, San Jose +257, Draw +275; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Earthquakes visit the Colorado Rapids in Western Conference action.
The Rapids are 10-9-3 against Western Conference teams. The Rapids have a 16-0-2 record in games they record at least three goals.
The Earthquakes are 11-6-5 in Western Conference games. Preston Judd paces the seventh-ranked scoring team in the league with 15 goals. The Earthquakes have scored 49.
Saturday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Paxten Aaronson has seven goals and seven assists for the Rapids. Reggie Cannon has scored two goals over the last 10 games.
Judd has scored 15 goals with two assists for the Earthquakes. Beau Leroux has two goals and three assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rapids: 18-8-4, averaging 3.6 goals, 14.1 shots on goal and 16.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.9 goals per game.
Earthquakes: 13-9-8, averaging 4.5 goals, 12.5 shots on goal and 16.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 5.8 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Rapids: Mamadou Billo Diop (injured), Georgi Minoungou (injured), Wayne Frederick (injured), Theodore Ku-DiPietro (injured), Youssef Maziz (injured), Zack Steffen (injured).
Earthquakes: Nonso Adimabua (injured), Ousseni Bouda (injured), Darius Johnson (injured), DeJuan Jones (injured), Ronaldo Vieira (injured), Angus Gunn (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
By The Associated Press
