Game Recap: Colorado Rapids 2, Houston Dynamo 1

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Tonight’s game didn’t mean much for the Houston Dynamo, sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference. And the Colorado Rapids had clinched a playoff berth and for the first time since 2016, weren’t depending on the results of another game on Decision Day to determine their playoff fate. Tonight was about pride for the Dynamo and the chance for the Rapids to move up in the standings and avoid having to play the Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers, or Sporting Kansas City in the first round.

The first half was, in a word, boring. Both sides mixed up their starting line-ups, resulting in players that were clearly out of sync. It was not great soccer. The most…