The Colorado Rapids’ improbable run to the top has some eating crow, but who could blame their earl-season doubters?
The Rapids finished the 2015 season with 37 points. Nearly a year later, Colorado enter Saturday’s bout against the Houston Dynamo (7:15 p.m. CT; TICKETS) sitting on 51 points and in contention for the Supporters' Shield.
One year. That’s how fast things can change for a team in MLS, and that gives Houston – currently last in the Western Conference – a reason for optmism. Dynamo general manager/VP Matt Jordan called it, “the beauty of MLS,” when describing the Rapids' quick rise from bottom dwellers to the cream of the crop.