Three Keys To The Game – Colorado vs. Houston

Here's three keys the Rapids can follow in order to get at least a draw and perhaps a surprising three points out of the orange wasteland.

Communication – The Rapids could very easily have won that game earlier in the week against the

. They controlled the tempo, controlled the possession and certainly had a number of great runs that could have turned into chances on goal… if it weren't for some unfortunately lack-luster communication between the players on the team. When the unit is at completely full strength the Rapids are one of the most solid teams in the league communication-wise but when you're throwing

up top with

and

there's bound to be some errors.

on defense had a couple of screw ups because he wasn't used to the communication in the back-line last week either. Hopefully some regulars or at least semi-regulars like

and

will be back in the team's starting XI today, that certainly can't hurt matters.