To say the Colorado Rapids feel slighted about Friday’s controversial 3-2 loss to Sporting Kansas City in the MLS is Back Tournament might be an understatement.
The club’s evening-long feud with MLS officials started before the match even began, when Rapids officials say they were forced to stay on their bus for 30 minutes amid lightning strikes in the area while Sporting stretched and prepared for play in its locker room.
Because MLS wanted to start the game on time, the Rapids were allowed only a truncated warmup, with kickoff pushed back just five minutes from the original start time.