Colorado Rapids 2 Chicago Fire 0 – Masterful Debuts

This one looked like it would be a Rapids oriented game from the start as they quickly began to dominate the possession game. Most of that was a noticable increase in the passing accuracy of the team and that was pretty much attributable in full to Martin Rivero. The man was a beast in the passing game all night long, and in fact everyone on the team looked good with the ball at their feet. Hell,

only had one unsuccessful pass all game long!

Eventually the game hit its final stage and Kamani Hill was brought in. Remember him, the guy who nobody wanted to pick up in allocation? Well, it looked like a pretty good signing as he took the ball right in the start of stoppage time on a counter attack. His first shot was stopped by Tornaghi but he calmly shifted to grab the rebound and put it home to ice the game at 2-0 for Colorado.

That's two goals by guys making their debuts, and Hill's goal marked the fourth goal by a newbie to the team in four games. That's not a bad clip at all for a team that's still supposed to be gelling.

If this is any indication of how Rivero is going to play this season – Chicago is certainly no slouch of a team to have that kind of performance against – the Rapids should be just fine in 2012. This is the kind of form the Rapids need to have with a road trip at Salt Lake and Seattle coming up.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Martin Rivero. Do I even need to explain?!

GOAT OF THE MATCH: Brian Mullan. He's just not looking good in that striker position, unfortunately. His assist was nice but unmarked you SHOULD make a pass like that.