Rapids continue streak of draws in scoreless “dogfight” against Toronto FC

The Colorado Rapids failed for the 4th consecutive crippled to gain 3 points arsenic they drew with Toronto FC 0-0 connected Saturday nighttime astatine Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Toronto FC is successful past spot successful the Eastern Conference and has lone won 4 games. It had not earned points connected the roadworthy (either triumph oregon draw) since July 24, implicit 2 months.

Yet erstwhile again, the Rapids couldn’t seal the woody successful a precise winnable match.

“We astir apt weren’t arsenic crisp successful the attacking extremity arsenic we needed to be,” Rapids caput manager Robin Fraser said. “And astatine the extremity of the time it became a existent dogfight. And recognition to them, they did a bully occupation of making it hard for us. And portion we had a fewer bully moments, astir apt not arsenic galore bully moments arsenic we would person liked to person had.”

The Rapids tried to make chances by utilizing the wide areas of the transportation and delivering balls into the container either for headers oregon connected the crushed for teammate to finish. The contented was determination either was not a teammate determination oregon the teammate could not finish. The Rapids sent successful a full of 28 crosses successful the crippled compared to Toronto’s seven.

“I consciousness similar we felt similar the past 15-20 minutes, we wanted to spell and get that extremity truthful severely we conscionable rushed things,” Colorado skipper Jack Price said. “And determination was plentifulness of clip near successful the game. We’ve scored galore precocious goals present astatine location and we conscionable got to beryllium a small spot much patient, a small spot much prime astir a box.”

Price alluded to utilizing the midfield much often alternatively of ever looking to get the shot moving forward. The Rapids tout 1 of the champion midfields successful the league successful Price, Kellyn Acosta and Mark-Anthony Kaye, but they failed to utilize them decently Saturday night.

“Maybe we should person been a spot much patient, determination the shot broadside to side, due to the fact that I deliberation it was causing problems,” Price said. “They were getting tired, and I deliberation we were conscionable a spot impatient and getting the shot forward, conscionable ramming it down the attacking players’ throats and possibly conscionable spell done the mediate a small spot much and usage myself and the pivots successful there.”

Colorado had 10 shots passim the game, but lone 1 connected target. If the Rapids look astatine themselves arsenic contenders, they person a agelong mode to spell particularly erstwhile it comes to accumulation successful the last third.

“We’re successful specified a large presumption successful the league and arsenic a nine close present but there’s inactive that disappointment and that feeling of, ‘Look wherever we could beryllium if we conscionable got these small finer details,’ ” Price said. “But I tin accidental we’re successful a large spot and we conscionable got to support fighting.”

The Rapids are looking astatine their past 9 regular play games arsenic “Cup Finals,” Price said. They person lone been capable to people much than 1 extremity erstwhile implicit the past 5 games and to triumph Cup Finals, they volition person to find ways to people much than that.

On the agleam side, the Rapids person gone 11-straight games without a loss. That was Fraser’s 50th crippled astatine the helm successful Colorado, and the improvements he’s made wrong the nine are obvious. But arsenic much and much opportunities to prehend power of the apical of the array successful the MLS Western Conference gaffe away, it’s wide there’s much increasing to do.