Colorado Rapids 2 (0-4-3,\u00a03\u00a0pts.)\u00a0fell\u00a0to\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0(7-0-1,\u00a023\u00a0pts.)\u00a0at home on\u00a0Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Put to\u00a0the test in the opening minutes of the match, Rapids 2\u00a0were forced\u00a0to neutralize threats in their defensive third.\u00a0Goalkeeper Zack\u00a0Campagnolo\u00a0came up big with five saves in the first 20 minutes to keep the score level at 0-0. In front of him, the back line put their bodies on the line, bravely blocking Houston\u2019s attempts and preserving the clean slate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rapids 2, finding their rhythm\u00a0offensively, began to return\u00a0fire\u00a0and put the visiting team under pressure.\u00a0A run of shots on goal signaled a shift in momentum as they pushed forward with greater confidence.\u00a0However, Houston would slip through the cracks\u00a0in the 26th\u00a0minute\u00a0to find\u00a0the go-ahead\u00a0goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fate was not in their favor as a Charlie Harper red card put the home team at a man down\u00a0disadvantage for the rest of the match.\u00a0Houston would go up 2-0 four minutes into stoppage time in the first half.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fresh from the halftime break, Rapids 2 showed a reignited spirit and\u00a0a tenacity to keep contending\u00a0despite being a man down. Several offensive breakthroughs would\u00a0demonstrate\u00a0their\u00a0perseverance and keep Houston Dynamo 2 on the backfoot.\u00a0Though Houston would net another goal in the 52nd\u00a0minute, Rapids 2 would not let the score stop them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Refusing to fold, Colorado kept their head in the game and moved with the same fierceness as before. Determined to put one on the board, Mamadou Billo Diop fed a ball through to Alex Harris, who caught the ball on his right foot and fired one away. This marked Harris\u2019 first goal of the season\u00a0for Rapids 2 and the sixth of his MLS NEXT Pro career. With the second assist of his career, Diop has now recorded two goal contributions in his last two games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rapids 2 refused to back down and continued to push forward on the attack, generating several quality looks, but were unable to convert. Colorado would eventually fall 3-1 to Houston.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rapids 2 will\u00a0be\u00a0back at\u00a0home for their\u00a0next match against\u00a0Sporting KC II\u00a0on Sunday,\u00a0May 10. Kickoff at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado is set for 6:00 p.m. MT with coverage available on OneFootball.com and MLSNEXTPro.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rapids forward\u00a0Alex Harris\u00a0scored his first goal for Rapids 2 this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This marks his sixth goal for Rapids 2 in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rapids forward\u00a0Mamadou Billo Diop\u00a0recorded his first assist of the season, and second goal contribution in two games.<\/p>\n
This marks the third assist of his career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Colorado Rapids 2:\u00a0Zackory Campagnolo, James Cameron, Charlie Harper, Kai Thomas\u00a0(90\u2019+3\u2019\u00a0Landon Strohmeyer), Noah\u00a0Strellnauer\u00a0(46\u2019\u00a0Bryce Jamison), Ali Fadal [C], Nathan\u00a0Tchoumba\u00a0(46\u2019\u00a0Jabari De Coteau), Kimani Stewart-Baynes\u00a0(82\u2019\u00a0Josh Copeland), Mamadou Billo Diop\u00a0(82\u2019\u00a0Chris Aquino),\u00a0Sydney\u00a0Wathuta,\u00a0Alex Harris\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unused substitutes:\u00a0Kendall Starks,\u00a0Grant Gilmore, Jaden Chan Tack, Rogelio Garcia\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Houston Dynamo\u00a02:\u00a0Pedro Henrique De Oliveira Cruz [C], Vinicius Silva, Noah Betancourt, Reese Miller\u00a0(46\u2019\u00a0Eiji Hata), Isaac\u00a0Mwakatuya, Gilberto Rivera, Jahmani Bell\u00a0(63\u2019\u00a0Diego Gonzalez), Matthew Arana\u00a0(71\u2019\u00a0Gustavo Dohmann), Austin Brummett\u00a0(62\u2019\u00a0Arthur Sousa), Mattheo\u00a0Dimareli, Samir Mohammad\u00a0(62\u2019\u00a0D\u2019Alessandro Herrera)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unused substitutes:\u00a0Alan Martins, Mamadi Jiana, Micah Harris, Roman Kerimov\u00a0<\/p>\n
Referee:\u00a0\u00a0Felix Granados;\u00a0Assistants:\u00a0Tyler Spiczka, Joseph Knoff;\u00a0Fourth Official:\u00a0Max Alatorre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado Rapids 2 (0-4-3,\u00a03\u00a0pts.)\u00a0fell\u00a0to\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0(7-0-1,\u00a023\u00a0pts.)\u00a0at home on\u00a0Sunday night.\u00a0 Put to\u00a0the test in the opening minutes of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[74463,102652,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-277819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-colorado-rapids-2","tag-colvshou-05-03-2026","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277819","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=277819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}