Colorado Finishes Home Season On High Note

The Rapids didn't end on a whimper, taking 3 points out of a (likely) top 3 team in the West with a 1-0 win over Dallas on Saturday to close out DSG Park for 2022.  Diego Rubio became only the second Rapid all-time to score 15 goals in a season with the loan tally of the game and not even a ridiculous red card could spoil the result.  Colorado will finish out the season with a game in Austin next Sunday.

With the goal Diego Rubio set anew team records for goals + assists in a season (22) and career game winning goals (13).  He needs 1 goal against Austin to tie Conor Casey for the team season goal scoring record at 16 (Casey did it in 2009).  He was also named C38's Player of the Year.

We also got the expected final home appearance by Drew Moor, who came in after Vallecilla committed an obvious and wildly unnecessary red card, taking out a Dallas attacker almost  off the field.  This  necessitated a formation change, pulling Zardes off and putting Moor on to fill the gap, and he immediately made a pair of clearances en route to clearing 4 balls in the last 10+ minutes to snuff out any hope Dallas had.

With the win Colorado ends the season with a 10-5-2 home record, for 35 points.  Last season, when the team won the West and set a new team record for points, they gathered 34 points at home.  Clearly our issues this year were anytime we got on an airplane we forgot how to play soccer.  7 road points (with one to play) does not bode well to finishing the season with a win.