The Colorado Rapids traveled to Harrison, New Jersey to take on the New York Red Bulls in Robin Fraser’s first match as Rapids’ manager—and they leave with their first win ever at Red Bull Arena. He showed a 3-5-2 formation (or a 3-4-1-2 by some accounts) with a number of young players like Sebastian Anderson, Cole Bassett, and Sammy Vines in the starting XI. Curiously, Andre Shinyashiki was on the bench and three starters were missing due to yellow card accumulation: Kei Kamara, Lalas Abubakar, and Kellyn Acosta.
In the 13th minute, the Rapids had a scare as Bradley Wright-Phillips hit one off the woodwork!