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reprint of COLORADO RAPIDS NEWS RELEASE -- byline Ben Grossman
NEWS RELEASE
W L SOW PTS Los Angeles 9 0 1 25 5/16 Dallas 2 RAPIDS 1 Dallas 6 2 2 14 San Jose 4 6 0 12 Chicago 3 5 0 9 Rapids Goal: Harris (5) Kansas City 3 6 0 9 COLORADO 3 7 2 5
Sat. 5/23 Chicago Fire Soldier Field 6:30 pm
MST TV: FOX Rocky Mountain
* Colorado is off to its worst start in franchise history after ten games at 3-7. Colorado was 4-6 after ten games in both 1996 and 1997.
* Goalkeeper Paul Grafer's career record fell to 1-10 (0-3 this season).
* Saturday's 2-1 loss marked the first time since April 4 that Colorado had not scored more than one goal, ending a string of six straight games with at least two goals in regulation.
* Wolde Harris' goal now gives Colorado three players with five goals apiece (Waldir and Paul Bravo).
* After firing four shots on Saturday and putting one on goal, Paul Bravo retained his lead-league in both shots (39) and shots on goal (17).
* Eight of Colorado's ten games this season have been decided by one goal in regulation, or in a shootout, with the Rapids holding a 2-6 record in those games (0-4 in one-goal regulation games, 2-2 in shootout games).
* Midfielder Chris Henderson did not start Saturday after his wife, Dee, gave birth to the couple's first child, son Aidan Christopher (5 lb., 9.9 oz, 19 1/2 inches). Chris did not travel with the team Friday to Dallas after Dee went into labor early Friday morning. Dee delivered at 4:52 MST on Friday. Henderson was then scheduled to catch a flight to Dallas on Saturday, but his first flight was cancelled, and Chris finally arrived at the Cotton Bowl less than an hour before kick-off. Henderson did come off the bench in the 55th minute, and assisted on the Rapids' lone goal.
* Colorado's starting lineup was without regulars Adrian Paz (suspended for a yellow card in three consecutive matches), Chris Martinez (strained right hamstring), Chris Henderson (birth of his first child) and Marcelo Balboa (World Cup).
CHRIS MARTINEZ is questionable with a strained right hamstring.
M 5/18 Off T 5/19 Training 10:00 a.m. Westminster W 5/20 Reserve Game vs. Denver Kickers 6:00 p.m. Kicker Clubhouse, Golden, CO T 5/21 Off F 5/22 Training 10:00 a.m. Westminster (Travel to Chicago -- afternoon) S 5/23 RAPIDS @ FIRE 6:30 p.m. MST SOLDIER FIELD TV: FOX SPORTS ROCKY MOUNTAIN S 5/24 Travel to Denver