Philadelphia Union 2 Colorado Rapids 1 – Lose Pablo, Lose Game

We've said it before and we'll say it again, Pablo is the most important player on the Rapids by a long shot. Not necessarily because of his play on the field — though that is quite a large part of it — but because of his ability to glue the squad together mentally. When he was knocked out, shades of 2012 began to creep into the team's play, especially in the midfield.

Just like in Dallas, Colorado didn't quit after going down. It was nowhere near as firey a run out as they had in Dallas and the chances/possession weren't nearly as lopsided, but you could tell that there was still a chance they could win the match if a ball bounced their way.

It paid dividends around the 68th minute — I say 'around' because the damn scoreboards were broken all day — when Jamie Smith had a vintage Jamie Smith goal, the ball landing at his feet at the top of the box and him letting loose a beauty of a curler.

Colorado finished the game holding the ball and creating a good number of chances, the most hilarious among them being a shot on goal from Pickens at the halfway line, but the finishing and chemistry was still that tiny bit off and nothing came of anything in the end.

Unfortunate to lose again, but certainly not the end of the world. Remember, in a season where the team ended up 11-19-4 last year, they were 2-0-0 at this point after looking rather blah through two games, wins as they may have been. This time around they're 0-2-0 with two decently good looking performances under their belts, which is certainly no cause for panic. The question will be if Pablo is able to get back on the team sooner rather than later, we've already seen time and time again that we really do quite need him.