In their first home match since dispatching Real Salt Lake 4-2, MNUFC held the visiting Colorado Rapids scoreless in front of 17,491 fans to earn the team’s first clean sheet in MLS. A heavily possession-based match, each goalkeeper stopped three shots. Unfortunately for the Rapids, the Loons took four shots on goal, enough to gut out a 1-0 win to kick off their first homestand of the season.
The first half was dominated by alternating possession play in midfield. That wasn’t all that unusual for Colorado, a team that thrives on limiting opportunities from the opposition and eking out defensive wins — they came into this match having allowed just eight goals, but they’ve also scored only five.