Colorado Rapids 3 Montreal Impact 2 – What The Hell Just Happened

RSLing [arr-ess-ell-ing] Verb; To come back at the death of a football match despite tough circumstances and pull a result out of absolutely nowhere.

Sorry, that's the only way I can think to describe what I just saw at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Hey, DC did some roster shuffling to get around injury when they played the Rapids and it worked out well for them, right? It was a windy night and the ball was acting screwy, so anything could have happened, and the Rapids were hoping than anything would. (Remember that part, it will be important later. There will also be a quiz!)

It didn't exactly start out in a stellar manner. One of the big keys to the match was the speed that Montreal possessed against the somewhat slow center back tandem of Drew Moor and Tyrone Marshall. Unfortunately, the Impact seemed to realize that and moved well through open space on the field, eventually trying to slip balls through the center backs and get good looks.

That first half, by the way, doubled the number of first half goals that the Rapids had scored all year until that point.

That's when the magic happened.

What more can you say?

MAN OF THE MATCH: Martin Rivero. Two assists, and he had the through ball that forced the PK on Wells Thompson. Not bad.

GOAT OF THE MATCH: Tyrone Marshall. Absolutely pathetic all around. When Scott Palguta coming on for you increases the potency of the team, you're doing a bad job.