May 22,1999
Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO
7:10pm Kickoff - partly cloudy
Colorado Rapids vs MetroStars
The Colorado Rapids (5-2), 3rd in the Western Conference, today, meet the MetroStars (4-4), 3rd in the Eastern conference.
The Rapids' starting lineup: #1 Marcus Hahnemann in goal #17 Marcelo Balboa (Captain) - D #5 Jason Bent ---------------- D #7 David Vaudreil ------------ D #6 Peter Vermes -------------- D #20 Ross Paule --------------- M #2 Matt McKeon --------------- M #10 Andres Limpar ------------ M #23 Kevin Anderson ----------- M #9 Paul Bravo ---------------- M #13 Wolde Harris ------------- F
In the 26th min. Colorado Rapids, Paul Bravo scored with a header from Andres Limpar's corner kick. This is Bravo's 4th goal of the season, and Limpar's 4th assist of the season ... all coming from corner kicks.
At the end of the back and forth first half, the
Missing from today's Rapids lineup is Joey Digiamarino, last Sunday's hero in the upset of the defending champions, the Chicago Fire. That was the 3rd win in their 3 games on the road.
Also missing is MetroStar's Eduardo "El Tanque" Hurtado."
In the 2nd half, the game continued with the teams evenly matched.
Rapids' Jason Bent charged through the MetroStars defense and took a shot which barely went just wide of the far corner of the goal.
In the 66th minute, the Colorado Rapids continue to lead 1 - 0.
In the 76th minute, Paul Bravo scored from Wolde Harris and Vermes. This is Bravo's 6th goal of the season, and now leads the Rapids with most goals.
With less than 10 minutes left, Rapids Coach "Mooch" Myernick made two substitutions: Jorge Dely Valdes in for Paul Bravo, Tim Martin in for Kevin Anderson, and Tahj Jakins in for Andres Limpar.
Paul Bravo was named "Player of the Game" after scoring both goals for the Rapids.