Real Espana 1 Colorado Rapids 1 – Bunker To A Point

Colorado actually looked fairly bright early on, getting their fair share of chances out of the match and a couple of shots off, though most of them missed the net. After a bright 10 minutes to start it quickly devolved into a 10 man back sort of game, with the possession staying almost entirely on Espana feet and the majority of the shots going toward the Rapids net, where Stewart Ceus was recieving his first ever time in a league or competition with the Rapids first team.

Jeff Larentowicz managed to score for the Rapids against the run of play late in the first half as Ross LaBauex sent a nice cross to him at the edge of the 18 and he snapped a blast right into the low corner of the net. Unfortunately after the goal the bunkering got even worse as the Rapids desperately tried to hold the lead. It took until the 86th minute, but Espana eventually prevailed as midfielder Julio Rodriguez got his foot to a deflected header to draw the match and get the Rapids the point they were looking for.

With the lineup they put out there it's actually pretty hard to complain.

MAN OF THE MATCH – Stewart Ceus. Stopped Real Espana in their tracks a couple of times and made the easy saves that he had to make as well. 

GOAT OF THE MATCH – Scott Palguta. But then, it's Scott Palguta so are any of us surprised? Amarikwa is just lucky that he wasn't out there long enough to be nominated.