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Chris Armas believes failures successful some boxes are costing the Colorado Rapids amid their four-game winless run, arsenic they hole to sojourn San Diego FC connected Wednesday.
Colorado are ninth successful the Western Conference with 16 points, with their astir caller triumph coming successful the reverse fixture astatine location to San Diego connected April 12.
Since then, they person drawn with the Houston Dynamo (2-2) and Seattle Sounders (1-1), portion losing to D.C. United (2-1) and the San Jose Earthquakes (2-0).
But Armas does not judge they are wanting for overmuch betwixt the 2 punishment areas, pointing retired that they request to halt giving themselves mountains to climb.
“I’m a realist. Seattle, 2 games agone astatine home, we were putting successful a existent crippled against 1 of the amended teams successful our conference,” helium told Altitude Sports Radio.
“We were 90 seconds from beating Houston connected the road, truthful for me, goals alteration games. It’s not the NBA wherever you tin beryllium down by 20 and past you’re backmost successful it with a small spot of a run.
“In soccer, the hardest happening to bash is people goals. In these games lately, we person been hurting ourselves a spot and we’re experiencing the effects of however goals alteration games.
“The performances person to beryllium better, yes, but much so, defending our container amended and scoring immoderate goals volition alteration everything.”
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— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) May 11, 2025
San Diego are 4th successful the West, 2 points wide of Colorado, having beaten St. Louis City 2-1 past play with Anders Dreyer among the goals.
And the Dane is present looking guardant to the archetypal midweek fixture successful the franchise’s history, arsenic they bid to proceed their affirmative commencement successful MLS.
“It’s nice. I similar it that way. I tried it a batch earlier than this play arsenic well, successful Europe with a batch of games midweek, and it’s nice. I similar it,” Dreyer said.
“You could play 3 games each day, if it was possible.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
San Diego FC – Anders Dreyer
San Diego’s 2-1 triumph implicit St. Louis connected Saturday was the seventh clip they person scored aggregate goals successful their 12 MLS matches. Only the Chicago Fire (12), Los Angeles FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps (eight) person much multi-goal games than San Diego this season.
Dreyer got what proved to beryllium the victor successful that lucifer and his 5 goals this word are the astir of immoderate San Diego player.
Colorado Rapids – Rafael Navarro
Navarro is 1 of 2 Colorado players to nett connected 5 occasions this season, alongside Djordje Mihailovic, but the Brazilian has not scored successful his past 3 matches.
Wednesday would beryllium a bully clip to extremity that run.
MATCH PREDICTION – SAN DIEGO FC WIN
San Diego person won 3 of their past 4 location matches (L1), scoring astatine slightest 3 goals successful each 3 wins, including a 5-0 rout of FC Dallas connected May 3.
They person lone managed 2 full goals successful their different 3 location matches, nevertheless (D2 L1).
Colorado won their archetypal gathering with San Diego 3-2 connected April 12. The Rapids person mislaid lone 1 of their past six matches against enlargement teams (W3 D2).
However, aft lone losing lone 2 of their archetypal 10 matches this regular season, the Rapids person mislaid consecutive games.
They are winless successful 4 consecutive matches, with their past triumph coming against San Diego connected April 12. Expect the hosts to nonstop their revenge here.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
San Diego FC – 47.7%
Colorado Rapids – 26.2%
Draw – 26.1%
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