Rapids Left Wondering How They Didn't Lose, And How They Didn't Win

So, that was a game.  Lots of quality play from both sides up until the finishing.  Both teams had gimme chances to win the game in the last few minutes, and both teams flubbed them.  A 1-1 draw is probably a fair result even though the stats heavily favored KC throughout the game.

Random Thoughts:

• I got a good laugh at the KC keeper wanting an offside on Lewis' goal.  The goal came from his original shot being blocked and rebounding back to him.  You can't be offside on your own shot.
• BTW, that was the only shot on goal the Rapids had all night.  Not good.
• Lots of Rapids fans complaining about the foul that se up KC's goal.  Yeah, the KC attacker made a meal of it, but it was a foul.
• I also saw some fans complaining about Yarbrough on the free kick.  What?  2010 Tim Howard wasn't stopping that.  Yarbrough set the wall well, covered the far post, and Russell hit a beautiful free kick to score.  Yarbrough didn't need to make a dice at it just to "look good" because he wasn't getting there.  Sometimes you just have to tip your hat to the other team and say, "well done".
• Abubakar getting a yellow card in the 24th minute for time wasting is a thing that happened.  Not a thing you see very often though.
• Likewise it looked like Esteves got a yellow card seconds into his MLS debut but it was actually Trusty getting it for time wasting for kicking the ball away.
• Somehow Danny Wilson was the only one of our back line not to get a yellow card on Saturday.
• Cole Bassett was...not good.  He gave the ball away multiple times and the less said about the gift-wrapped chance to steal 3 points he put off the bar the better.  If you want to know why we're not getting big bids for him, the last couple of games is why.  Hopefully that miss is the mental wakeup call he needs and doesn't crush him the way the PK miss Dillon Powers had in Salt Lake did.
• Ok, one note on that miss, great setup pass from Barrios.
• With the draw and Seattle's loss to Portland last night the Rapids are 0.01 PPG behind Seattle for first place in the West
• The Bodmer Line is down to 0.43 pts/game.  We need two wins the rest of the way to make it to the line.
• Next up, San Jose in the Bay Area on Saturday while Phish commences its annual takeover of the Dick for the holiday weekend.

Man of the Match: Auston Trusty.  Not only for the goal line save late to preserve the draw, but for solid defensive play all night while facing a ton of pressure.  He's the heavy leader for Defensive Player of the Year IMO.