Colorado travels to Canada to face the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps. Vancouver has only a one-point lead over Portland, Kansas City, and Seattle for that first place spot, which would give them a valuable knockout-round bye in the playoffs. Moreover, with only seven points separating first from eighth, Vancouver need to keep their foot on the gas in order to pick up as many points as they can to ensure a trip to the postseason after being left out in 2016.
For the Rapids, the odds are, as always, stacked against them. Their first road win of the season came just three weeks ago in Houston when Stefan Aigner levitated a ball into Dominique Badji, who scored the stoppage time winner.