COLORADO RAPIDS WEEKLY REPORT
Monday, August 31, 1998

MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS		LAST WEEK'S RESULTS:
		W	L	SOW	PTS		
Los Angeles*	20	7	1	58
8/29    RAPIDS 3  San Jose 1
Chicago*	16	10	2	44
Rapids Goals:  	Paule (9)
COLORADO	12	15	2	32
Vermes (2)
Dallas		13	14	4	31
White (4)	
Kansas City	11	16	2	29			
San Jose	10	16	3	24

*clinched playoff spot

Wednesday, 9/2	Kansas City Wizards 	Mile High Stadium    7:00 p.m.   Radio: KKFN, KMXA

With Saturday's important 3-1 win over the San Jose Clash at Spartan Stadium, Colorado jumped back into third place by themselves with only five games left to play in the regular season.

The Rapids will now face the fifth-place Kansas City Wizards on Wednesday night at Mile High Stadium in a game that could distance the Rapids even further from the teams below and bring them a step closer to clinching a playoff spot. The top four teams in the conference advance to the playoffs.

* If teams tie in the standings, the tie-breaker first goes to head-to-head results between the teams in 1998, then to goal differential for the entire season.

Rapids coach Glenn "Mooch" Myernick unveiled a 3-5-2 alignment (three defenders, five midfielders, two forwards) with many players in different roles than usual. Following is a look at some of the changes for Saturday's win:

PLAYER			FORMER ROLE		NEW ROLE
Peter Vermes		Central Defender	Attacking Midfielder
Steve Trittschuh	Central Defender	Defensive Midfielder
Marcelo Balboa		Defensive Midfielder	Central Defender
David Vaudreuil		Outside Defender	Right Midfielder
Marquis White		Substitute		Starting Forward
Joey DiGiamarino	Left Defender		Left Midfielder

Colorado will play an exhibition this Sunday, September 6, in Phoenix against the USISL Arizona Sahuaros. The Sahuaros are a minor-league affiliate of the Rapids.

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