COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Memo Rodriguez scored, Colorado put two in its own goal, and the Houston Dynamo won their third straight, beating the Rapids 4-1 on Saturday night.
Rodriguez opened the scoring for the Dynamo (3-0-1) in the fourth minute, finishing Alberth Elis' diagonal pass. It was Rodriguez's fourth goal of the season.
Axel Sjoberg deflected a rebound into his own in net to give Houston a 2-0 lead in the 15th minute. Keegan Rosenberry punched a cross into his own net to make it 3-0 in the 34th.
Elis got inside a defender on a run into the middle of the area and flicked Mauro Manotas' pass home to give the Dynamo a 4-0 lead in the 67th.