Are you ready for the toughest test in the MLS west? The Colorado Rapids are one of the 2016 season’s Cinderella stories, going from worst in the Western Conference last year, to neck-and-neck for first this one.
And the team with whom they’ve been fighting for that number-one slot in the standings? FC Dallas, who meet them in Commerce City on Saturday (9 pm ET; MLS LIVE). They just barely missed last year’s Supporters’ Shield, and no doubt they're gunning hard for it again this year. In other words, neither of the league’s top Western contenders are going down without a tooth-and-nail fight.