Saturday, July 11, 1998
Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO
7:00pm Kickoff - Slightly Cloudy, Windy, 86deg.
Colorado Rapids vs New England Revolution
Excerpted from Live Game Update
The Colorado Rapids come into this game with 8 wins and 9 losses, with 20 points. Whereas the NE Revolution's record is 5 wins and 12 losses, with 13 points.
The game started with back and forth play. Revolution's
double punch attackers, Joe-Max Moore and Raul Diaz Arce
are players to watch.
With 15 minutes into the game, each had one good shot on
goal, but both missed.
In the 16th minute, Colorado's Adrian Paz crossed a great ball to Wolde Harris, who headed it just wide of the goal.
Balboa passed the ball to Paz in the 18th minute, who passed it on to Wolde Harris, scoring the 1st goal of the game.
Wed., July 15, 1998, to face Leon of Mexico in their 2nd game of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Rapids defeated Leon in their 1st meeting in Denver on June 28, 1998.
Rapids' Chris Henderson in the 28th minute scores Colorado's 2nd goal, assisted by Marcelo Balboa.
One minute later, Ted Chronopoulos scored in the 29th minute, assisted by Joe-Max Moore.
The score is now:
Colorado's Adrian Paz left the field in the 34th minute, with a pulled hamstring. Jason Boyce has replaced Paz.
The pace of the game continues to increase, with a lot of excitement at both goal mouths. The 1st half ended with the: Colorado Rapids 2 , NE Revolution 1
In the 65th minute, a shot by Revolution's Ed Gortner, in what should have been an easy equalizing goal, hit the crossbar and bounced back. In the 73rd minute, Colorado's 1998 First Draft Choice, Tyrone Marshall, makes his MLS debut.
With 15 minutes left in the game, Waldir came in for Wolde Harris.
In the 85th minute, Colorado's Paul Bravo's shot on goal hit the crossbar.
At the end of the game, the final score is:
Colorado's Regular Season Statistics are:
9 wins, 9 losses, 23 points, 36 goals for, and
36 goals against.