In frigid temperatures, first half goals from Herculez Gomez and Roberto Brown proved enough for the Colorado Rapids to defeat D.C. United 2-1 in the first-ever MLS matchup at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, on Saturday April 7, 2007.
Find match details below, as well as news of the players involved that day, as we seek to answer the question ‘Where are they now?’
BOXSCORE
Colorado Rapids 2, D.C. United 1
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
SCORING SUMMARY
COL: Herculez Gomez (Terry Cooke) 19’
COL: Roberto Brown (Terry Cooke, Kyle Beckerman) 35’
DC: Luciano Emilio (Kasali Yinka Casal, Brian Carroll) 79’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
COL: Kyle Beckerman (caution) 9’
DC: Ben Olsen (caution) 10’
DC: Jaime Moreno (caution) 34’
COL: Mike Petke (caution) 49’
COL: Greg Vanney (caution) 90+3’
Rapids: Bouna Coundoul; Ugo Ihemelu, Mike Petke, Brandon Prideaux, Greg Vanney; Kyle Beckerman, Terry Cooke, Herculez Gomez, Jovan Kirovski (Pablo Mastroeni 60’), Roberto Brown, Nicolas Hernandez (Jacob Peterson 79’).