Colorado will meet Columbus in a one-game wild card match at 8 p.m. Thursday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Two teams stuggling to score and struggling to assert themselves ahead of the MLS playoffs tangled on Saturday night, with the Rapids emerging the victors thanks to a Drew Moor header in the 25th minute.

MLS teams are jockeying for playoff position, but the picture is getting murkier because of the disparity in games played by each side. For The Tuesday List, we take a look at how teams are performing per game, and it gives us an interesting picture of who may emerge from the regular season.

So far, the Colorado Rapids have been beasts on the road, but surprisingly meek at home.

Jean Alexandre was the deserving winner of player of the week honors after a breakout game at forward.

If the MLS thought it was making a statement in suspending Brian Mullan 10 games for a leg-breaking tackle, that statement got a lot less clear this morning.

After beating up on Real Salt Lake during the team’s first two years, the Rapids have had a much tougher time. Now, the two teams face for the first time this season on Wednesday night.

Well, now Colorado soccer fans know what they will being doing for seven months out of the year.
Major League Soccer unveiled the league-wide schedule on Thursday. For the Rapids, it means the team will open the season with expansion side Portland Timbers on March 19 and close with Real Salt Lake at home on Oct. 14.
In between, the MLS Cup champions will get 32 chances to defend the title and line-up a favorable playoff position. Hopefully, with four shots against the two expansion teams (Portland and the Vancouver Whitecaps) a …

MLS announced that it will go from a 30-game to a 34-game schedule with the addition of two teams in 2011. Also, where Mo Johnston and Preki will be then became open questions as the two were let go in Toronto.

Colorado improved to 2-1-1 at home with a tight victory over Seattle.