Colorado has scored 19 goals in the first seven matches of the season, surpassing the previous record set in 1998 (15 goals).
\nD Kosi Thompson\u00a0recorded his first\u00a0and second\u00a0goals\u00a0for the Rapids in his\u00a0club debut.\u00a0
\nThompson became the third Rapids player to record a brace in their club debut and the first since 2001 (Raul Diaz Arce). Thompson joins Marcelo Balboa (1996) as the only defenders in club history to record a brace in their club debuts.
\nThompson also recorded his first assist as a member of the Rapids on Josh Atencio\u2019s goal, bringing his goal contributions on the night to three.\u00a0
\nM Josh Atencio\u00a0scored his first goal as a member of the Rapids.\u00a0\u00a0
\nF Rafael Navarro recorded his third and fourth goals of the season, marking his 33rd goal with the Rapids. The goal moves him into sole possession for 6th-most goals in Rapids history.\u00a0
\nNavarro also recorded his fourth assist of the season and the 14th of his MLS career. This is his eighth goal contribution in five games.\u00a0
\nM Georgi Minoungou recorded his first assist as a member of the Rapids, delivering the pass for Rafael Navarro’s goal.\u00a0
\nF Dante Sealy\u00a0recorded his third assist of the season on\u00a0and the sixth of his MLS career.\u00a0
\nThe Rapids\u00a0have now had three players this season\u00a0record\u00a0their first goal for the club in their home\u00a0debuts (Ojediran,\u00a0Herrington, Thompson).<\/p>\n
COL – 6 (Kosi Thompson 5′, 53′, Josh Atencio 17′, Rafael Navarro 73′, 90+5′, own goal 90+1′)<\/p>\n
HOU – 2 (Lawrence Ennali 69′, Guilherme Santos 90+3′)<\/p>\n
Zack Steffen (C), Rob Holding, Lucas Herrington, Kosi Thompson (Noah Cobb 72′), Dante Sealy (Alexis Manyoma 72′), Hamzat Ojediran (Keegan Rosenberry 55′), Paxten Aaronson, Josh Atencio, Wayne Frederick, Darren Yapi (Georgie Minoungou 68′), Rafael Navarro<\/p>\n
Substitutes: Nico Hansen, Alex Harris, Ian Murphy, Mamadou Billo Diop, Kimani Stewart-Baynes<\/p>\n
The Rapids will begin their 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup campaign on Tuesday, April 14 at DICK’S Sporting Goods Park to take on Union Omaha in the Round of 32. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. MT, available to watch on the\u00a0U.S. Soccer YouTube page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado has scored 19 goals in the first seven matches of the season, surpassing the previous record set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[93482,93483,56,58,57,84193],"class_list":{"0":"post-246212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-colorado-rapids","9":"tag-colvshou-04-11-2026","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-match-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}