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Backpass: The Predictable Loss

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Well, we didn’t really expect that game to be an exciting barn-burner, and it wasn’t. Unless you are a connoisseur of midfield duels and inaccurate passing, which, why the hell would you be a connoisseur of that?

The Rapids went down 1-0 to the Red Bulls on Saturday, who were the deserved winners in a game in which New York looked like the stronger team on the day. The only goal of the match came when a ball came into the Colorado six-yard box, and Rapids defender Eric Miller booted it right into the net for a heartbreaking own-goal.