Lacking two stalwarts, the Rapids fell apart on the road in Dallas on Friday night.

Conor Casey runs toward Macoumba Kandji as Brian Mullan embraces Kandji's face, after Kandji's shot deflected off a defender for the winning goal. Dallas defenders Ugo Ihemelu and George John react in shock to the shot and John's own goal in one of the images from ColoradoSoccerNow.com’s Jessica Taves.

Enough about the 4-5-1 versus the 4-4-2. It’s time to forecast how these two teams will finish when the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas meet for the MLS Cup on Sundayu.

While watching the Rapids on Saturday, it’s also a good idea to keep track of what is happening between the Seattle Sounders and the Kansas City Wizards.

As the season nears, here’s a look at some possibilities and a few concerns for the Colorado Rapids 2010 season.

In the past, the Colorado Rapids asked the media to participate in voting for their annual postseason awards, but there were more categories. This year, I voted in three categories: MVP, defender of the year and young player of the year. In the latter category, I chose Jacob Peterson, above. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

After Saturday’s loss 2-1 road loss to FC Dallas, the Rapids have put all of their playoff hopes into one match … against Real Salt Lake on Saturday in Utah.

Today we hear from Regis University men’s soccer coach Tony McCall, and we take a look at the Colorado School of Mines men’s and women’s teams, Colorado Rapids coach Gary Smith’s comments on the Ugo Ihemelu-Drew Moor trade, my votes for Major League Soccer player of the month, the Super Classico between Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy, CU record-setter Nikki Marshall and more!

The Colorado Rapids have traded defender Ugo Ihemelu to Dallas for Drew Moor, the club announced Monday. Moor, above left, was a teammate of the Rapids’ Jacob Peterson, above right, at Indiana University. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

A little more than a month after breaking both bones in his left forearm, Rapids defender Julien Baudet headed in a goal on a corner kick to lift Colorado past league-leading Houston on Sunday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)