Zack Steffen made six saves Saturday night time and the Colorado Rapids used an personal purpose within the second half to safe a 1-1 draw with the visiting New York Pink Bulls.
Colorado (11-8-5, 38 factors) trailed at halftime however equalized with assist from New York defender Sean Nealis. Whereas making an attempt to cease a right-to-left cross into the field by Keegan Rosenberry, Nealis as an alternative deflected the ball previous goalie Carlos Coronel within the sixty fourth minute.
Steffen and the Rapids had been capable of get a degree from there. They may have been down by two objectives earlier than the half had been it not for Steffen’s diving save on Dante Vanzeir’s breakaway down the appropriate facet within the thirty fifth minute.
The Pink Bulls (9-4-10, 37 factors) had been outshot 14-11 general and had only a 40.9 % possession fee, however they counterattacked successfully, incomes a 7-4 benefit in photographs on body. They performed for the second straight match with out midfielder Emil Forsberg (decrease leg harm), who’s on the injured listing.
Colorado stretched its unbeaten stretch at house to seven matches and stayed in fourth place within the West, whereas New York remained fourth within the East.
The pregame storyline was how New York would address the warmth and altitude when Colorado entered with a glowing 7-2-2 document. Temperature at opening kick was 94 levels after triple-digit readings in the course of the day within the Denver space.
Which may have influenced the Pink Bulls’ technique to pack the defensive zone with all 10 place gamers in support of Coronel any time the Rapids cleared midfield. It labored, as Colorado could not generate many official possibilities on web regardless of dominating possession time.
New York was capable of strike within the first minute of stoppage time within the first half as Vanzeir teed up Lewis Morgan within the 18-yard field. Morgan completed clinically into the appropriate nook of the online for his tenth purpose of the yr.
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