With significant absences from international call-ups all over the field, including midfielders Jan Gregus, Kevin Molino — who scored his first goal last week — and Romain Metanire, Minnesota headed to Colorado to face the Rapids. While they dominated possession and got yeoman’s work out of midfielder Lawrence Olum and the first minutes of the season for rookie Chase Gasper, the Loons could not trouble the Rapids defense or goalkeeper Tim Howard. In the end, MNUFC would concede a goal in the 29th minute and lose 1-0.
"It’s an issue for us,” said Head Coach Adrian Heath when asked about the lack of scoring.