Well, it had to happen eventually.
After two strong performances, which earned the Caps four points against likely trophy contenders Portland Timbers and Toronto FC, Vancouver fell back to earth in a 1-0 loss to Colorado Rapids Sunday night at Rio Tinto Stadium.
A disjointed attacking performance from the Caps, combined with a disorganized first half at the back, were enough to do Vancouver in, although they put in a credible enough performance, which saw three chances cleared off the line and a heaping dose of energy and entertainment.
Main Takeaways
- After the first couple of matches, where Cristian Gutierrez was quite good defensively, he had a good number of lapses in this one, just failing to track Andre Shinyashiki on several occasions (the reverse Nerwinski, I suppose?