Preview: Matchday 12, Colorado vs Minnesota

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Facing the Colorado Rapids in the final match of a tight stretch of games - five in two-and-a-half weeks, mostly played in early summer heat - before a brief break for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Minnesota United has a chance to finish a great run of results at the site of their last loss. After dropping points last weekend with a tie against San Jose, a game head coach Adrian Heath described as “a disappointment for what we consider to be two points dropped,” every point counts as the season is about to enter a long summer of play. With a win tonight in Colorado the Loons, currently 6th in the west and tied with three teams sitting on 15 points and another three right behind on 13 points, have a chance to move past the Rapids, currently in fourth with 17 points, earned while playing one less game than the Loons.

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