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Rapids facing promising visitor
It’s the third game of the season and the second home match for the Colorado Rapids on Sunday at 5 p.m. against D.C. United.
While the Rapids are off to a 2-0-0 start for the first time in the club’s 16-year history, it pales in comparison to how Colorado has performed when meeting D.C. for the first time in the season. The Tuesday List takes a glance back at how the two teams have played upon the first meeting of the season.
2010: Rapids 1, United 0
2009: Rapids 3, United 0
2008: Rapids 2, United 0
2007: Rapids 2, United 1
2006: Rapids 2, United 1
2005: Rapids 1, United 0
2004: Rapids 2, United 1
2003: Rapids 1, United 1
2002: Rapids 2, United 0
2001: Rapids 1, United 1
2000: United 5, Rapids 2
1999: Rapids 2, United 1
1998: United 3, Rapids 3 (shootout loss)
1997: United 5, Rapids 2
1996: United 2, Rapids 2 (shootout loss)
Add it all up, and with the shootout losses, Colorado owns a 9-4-2 record against D.C. when the two teams meet for the first time in a season. Since last losing to United in an initial meeting in 2000, the Rapids are 8-0-2 with five shutouts.
Of course, these victories came with wildly different lineups for both sides. In fact, the most interesting number is the number one, because that’s how many of the current Rapids have been on the roster to face D.C. for that first time each season in the past six seasons. Captain Pablo Mastroeni is the only one who was on the Rapids roster prior to 2007. Teams with him on the roster have gone 8-0-1 against D.C. since he joined the side in 2002.
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