
AWAY GAME: PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
THE COLORADO RAPIDS DEFEATED THE LA GALAXY 1-0 AFTER A TIEBREAKING SHOOTOUT!! WITHOUT A REGULATION TIME WIN (WHICH WOULD HAVE EARNED THEM 3 POINTS), THE RAPIDS' SHOOTOUT WIN ONLY NETTED THEM I POINT. THIS EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED THEM FROM ANY CHANCE FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT.
THE RAPIDS IMPROVED THEIR RECORD TO: 11 WINS AND 19 LOSSES. THEIR REMAINING TWO GAMES NOW MEAN NOTHING OTHER THAN IMPROVING THE COLORADO RAPIDS' STATS.
OBVIUOS CHANGES WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO TURN THINGS AROUND. ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1996, THE RAPIDS WILL HOST SAN JOSE FOR THEIR FINAL HOME GAME.