Kosuke Kimura celebrates his winning goal with striker Conor Casey on Saturday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

When Colorado Rapids defender Kosuke Kimura arrived at his locker after Saturday night's game, nearly every member of the media at Dick's Sporting Goods Park was there waiting microphone, camera or pen in hand.

Thunder with impressive display of offense in 5-2 defeat of Islanders.

The Minnesota Thunder continued their climb out of the basement of the USL standings with an exciting 5-2 victory over the visiting Puerto Rico Islanders. With the win, Minnesota slipped past struggling Miami FC in the standings and moved into 8th place, just one spot below the Vancouver Whitecaps who currently hold the 7th and final playoff spot in USL-1.

Three Games took place on Sunday that determined the semifinals of the USL-1 playoffs.

Montreal, Puerto Rico and Vancouver join Commissioners Cup Winner Portland Timbers to fill out semifinal bracket.

Montreal Impact
The Montreal Impact (5th place) qualified for the USL-1 semifinals, with a 2-1 win (4-1 on aggregate goals) over the Charleston Battery (4th place), Sunday at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.

Haiti's Fabrice Noel and James Marcelin both scored and gave Haiti a 2-0 victory over Grenada on Wednesday to revive its Gold Cup hopes.
Team List
Haiti:
Coach: J. Rios
J. Zephirin (GK), F. Bertin, F. Gilles, E. Raymond, J. Aveska, P. Bruny, B. Fucien (on R. Jerome 70'), J.

Thunder with impressive display of offense in 5-2 defeat of Islanders.

The Minnesota Thunder continued their climb out of the basement of the USL standings with an exciting 5-2 victory over the visiting Puerto Rico Islanders. With the win, Minnesota slipped past struggling Miami FC in the standings and moved into 8th place, just one spot below the Vancouver Whitecaps who currently hold the 7th and final playoff spot in USL-1.

Three games took place on Sunday that determined the semifinals of the USL-1 playoffs.

Montreal, Puerto Rico and Vancouver join Commissioners Cup Winner Portland Timbers to fill out semifinal bracket.

Montreal Impact
The Montreal Impact (5th place) qualified for the USL-1 semifinals with a 2-1 win (4-1 on aggregate goals) over the Charleston Battery (4th place), Sunday at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina.