Colorado spent 3,330 minutes this season defending the 2010 MLS Cup Championship, which put the team 180 minutes shy of defending its title.

Graham Zusi provided the services in the 28th and 76th minute as Sporting Kansas City recorded another 2-0 victory over the Rapids, giving KC a 4-0 aggregate win in the Eastern Conference Semifinal.

The Colorado Rapids unloaded a month of frustrations on Isidro Metapan, beating the Salvadoran side 3-1 at home on Wednesday night.

In the process, the Rapids (2-2-1, 7 points) also threw a lifeline to a CONCACAF Champions League campaign that appeared dead after losing two matches at home by a combined 6-2 margin.

Omar Cummings tees up a shot during the Rapids home clash with Chivas in 2010. (Photograph by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

The Colorado Rapids start the final eight games of the MLS season secure in a playoff position and tangling with one of the teams chasing them, Chivas USA.

This alone makes the Saturday night clash at Dick's Sporting Goods Park intriguing, but add in the Goats' latest signing, the return of a former Rapid and the potential to watch an endurance record, and the storyline gets a little overwhelming without even mentioning CONCACAF Champions League play.

The Colorado Rapids have now perfected the art of the draw: The team can make a 1-1 tie look thrilling.

For the ninth time in 19 games, the Colorado Rapids came away with a share of the points. This time, it was Sporting Kansas City playing at home in Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday night.

It was a fair result for a team that took a first-half lead and then played with fire in the final third of the match.

For crying out loud, another tie?! Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz goes down after being fouled during the Rapids 0-0 tie with Houston at home on July 3. (Photograph by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com.)

The Colorado Rapids have exhausted the thesaurus entry for "disappointing" this season, and now the team has moved on to "frustrating.

Colorado controlled everything but the scoreboard on Sunday, dominating play for minutes at a time throughout the game, but couldn't crack Toronto FC's defense.

Although the game goes into the books as a 0-0 tie, it was a win for the Reds. The Rapids gave away points at home, despite owning the ball everywhere outside of the Toronto 18.

Three days after coming back to tie and then beat the Houston Dynamo, the Colorado Rapids settled for a 0-0 draw with the New England Revolution on Saturday night.

The tie moves the Rapids to 4-3-2 (14 points) and gives the team four points from the first two games of a three-game road trip.

(Editor's Note: This is the fourth part in a series on what the Rapids will do with an expanded roster in 2011.)

Who will be the sixth forward?

This is the key question for the Rapids attack as they start the 2011 season. The team has only five forwards on its roster, and one is coming off a major knee injury.