After a dominating run of play by Colorado for 80 minutes, being a man down for the final 15 ended up being just 15 seconds too much for the Colorado Rapids to snag all three points at home in a pivotal Western Conference showdown.
The Rapids thought they’d have the return of their full squad as they took after the Houston Dynamo, minus Captain Jack Price, who missed his game in a row with a chest injury after a couple of disciplinary suspensions served mid-week. However, a late-week back injury kept scoring leader Diego Rubio out of the lineup, nervously shaking up the attack.