Colorado Rapids vs. New England Revolution: Oh Hello, Bad Stat!

You remember the stat, right? Last season, whenever any opposing team scored a goal at any point in any game, the Rapids were a horrifying 2-19-4. That's beyond bad, that's just plain sad. We at Burgundy Wave liked to use that stat too prove just how inept they were in 2012, not that the team really needed any help in that department.

This season, we've seen Colorado decidedly go step-for-step with the Impact, a team that was doing as well as anyone in MLS at the time, and nick a 2-1 win from the team with the best defense in the entire league, controlling the entire second half of play in the process. I'm no expert, but I'd give the advantage to this season's Rapids team in that regard. It didn't hurt that they broke a six-game losing streak when allowing the opposition to score first with the win on Wednesday.

Now, we'll see if they can keep that sort of form up through the rest of the month: two tough matches away at Seattle and at home to the Galaxy await them, and it's hard to think that they'll be able to get a few points out of those two teams without allowing at least a goal or two. If they were to get their third such victory away in Seattle — a place where they've never so much as drawn a game — it would be something special indeed.