Our football match prediction:
Colorado Rapids
Match Time & Date:
24/06/2018
02:00 GMT
Prediction: 2-2
Minnesota United
Colorado Rapids and Minnesota United take on each other at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in a match that could help the hosts move away from the bottom. Colorado have been struggling at the start of the 2018 MLS campaign and they are on a nine-game winless run ahead of Sunday’s football match. The lack of confidence seems to be the team’s key problem, but the game against Minnesota United could be the turning point for the hosts. The Loons, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a heavy 4-1 loss to Sporting Kansas City and seeing that they are not regarded as good travelers, the visitors should be happy with one point from the match. The situation in Colorado’s locker room is pretty much the same, meaning that there is a big value in betting on draw.
Highlighted Player (Tim Howard):
Tim Howard is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of USA national football team. Howard is well known for his spell with English giants Manchester United. The experienced shoot-stopper played for the Red Devils from 2003 to 2007 and he spent the 2006/2007 season on loan at Everton. At the end of the season he signed a permanent deal with the Goodison Park outfit and it has to be noted that he made no less than 354 league appearances for the Toffees. During the 2011/2012 Premier League campaign he scored his first and only goal for Everton as he found the net in a 2-1 loss to Bolton Wanderers. Thanks to the goal against Bolton he became the fourth goalkeeper to score a Premier League game. In 2016 he decided to return to USA, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with Colorado Rapids. Howard conceded 20 goals in 19 appearances for the Rapids in the 2016 MLS season and he managed to keep eight clean sheets. It is well known that the USA goalkeeper won the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup with the Yanks.
Highlighted Team (Minnesota United):
Based in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, Minnesota United are a professional soccer club that will compete in the Western Conference in the Major League Soccer from 2017. The Loons will make their MLS debut against Portland Timbers on March 4, 2017 and, no doubt, they have big ambitions for the forthcoming season. Minnesota United are the sixth team to join MLS from a lower division and they will welcome their rivals at TCF Bank Stadium. The capacity of the stadium is 52.525 and it was opened in September, 2009. Bill McGuire is the club’s owner and he is on a quest to turn Minnesota United into a top-table side in the Western Conference. Adrian Heath will be in charge of the club in the 2017 season and it has to be noted that the English tactician used to train the likes of Manchester City, Everton, Aston Villa and Espanyol in the past. You should know that the club was founded on March 25, 2015.
