{"id":407021,"date":"2026-07-21T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:55:08","slug":"preview-rapids-return-to-mls-play-with-home-contest-against-san-diego-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407021\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview | Rapids return to MLS play with home contest against San Diego FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rapids\u00a0(5-9-1, 16 pts., 13th\u00a0West)\u00a0return to MLS regular season play after\u00a0nearly two\u00a0months with a home match against San Diego FC\u00a0(4-6-5, 17 pts., 12th\u00a0West)\u00a0on Wednesday, July 22.\u00a0Kickoff at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park\u00a0is set for 7:30 p.m. MT, with coverage available on Apple TV, Altitude Sports Radio, Tico Sports Spanish Radio,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradorapids.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ColoradoRapids.com<\/a>, and the Colorado Rapids app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following a break in the schedule due to the FIFA World Cup, MLS action is finally back with Colorado set to kick off their\u00a0first of\u00a0five home matches over\u00a0their next seven contests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday night will not only mark the return of the MLS season for the Rapids, but it will also be the first for Lucas Herrington since\u00a0representing\u00a0Australia in the FIFA World Cup. After starting in his nation&#8217;s third group stage match, the 18-year-old became the youngest active MLS player to make an appearance in the global tournament. In total, Herrington started the final two matches for the\u00a0Socceroos, playing a pivotal role in the country advancing to the Round of 32, where they were eventually eliminated by Egypt. Shortly after his World Cup campaign, Herrington was selected as an MLS All-Star for the first time in his career and will\u00a0represent\u00a0Colorado for the yearly showcase on Wednesday, July 29, in Charlotte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The match will\u00a0provide\u00a0fans an opportunity to welcome the club\u2019s newest signing,\u00a0Lo\u00efc\u00a0Williams, to Colorado for the first time. After being\u00a0acquired\u00a0by the club from Granada CF back in March, Williams has officially joined the club on a contract through the 2029-30 MLS season.\u00a0The defender made a total of 62 appearances\u00a0with his\u00a0previous\u00a0club in the Spanish second division, logging one goal and one assist, and contributing to 14 clean sheets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>San Diego will enter this match in\u00a0a similar situation\u00a0to Colorado as they look to cement a playoff spot in the last half of the season. The club currently sits three points out of the last\u00a0playoff spot in the West. Highlighting San Diego\u2019s struggles has been their performance on the road so far, with a 1-3-2 record away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following\u00a0Wednesday\u2019s\u00a0match, the\u00a0Rapids will continue\u00a0their stretch of matches in\u00a0a short period\u00a0of time with a\u00a0contest against St. Louis CITY SC on the road this Saturday, July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Rapids\u00a0(5-9-1, 16 pts., 13th\u00a0West)\u00a0return to MLS regular season play after\u00a0nearly two\u00a0months with a home match against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[43956,163192,104233,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-407021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-colorado-rapids","tag-colvssd-07-22-2026","tag-match-day","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}