8 p.m. Wednesday at Colorado • BSN 1500-AM
Minnesota United-Colorado Rapids game preview
The Rapids are playing without three players who are with the United States national team at the Gold Cup.
July 7, 2021 at 5:24AM
Preview: The Loons (4-4-3) take a seven-game unbeaten streak (4-0-3) into Wednesday's game at Colorado (5-3-2), a team that scored three second-half goals to beat them 3-2 on May 8 in suburban Denver. The Loons are 1-2-2 on the road while the Rapids are 3-1-1 at home. Colorado is fourth in the Western Conference, the Loons sixth. … Colorado has three players — Jonathan Lewis, Kellyn Acosta and Sam Vines — away with the U.S. men's national team at the Gold Cup. … Defender Brent Kallman's goal as a first-half injury sub in Saturday's 2-2 draw with San Jose was his first since Oct. 17, 2017. in the Loons' inaugural MLS season against Sporting Kansas City at TCF Bank Stadium. … Veteran Michael Boxall left Saturday because of a groin/thigh injury. That leaves starting defender Chase Gasper as the last Loons player who has played every minute so far this season. … Newly acquired attacker Franco Fragapane has assists in three consecutive games, tying him with Orlando's Tesho Akindele and Real Salt Lake's Aaron Herrera for the league's second-longest streak. Fragapane's streak of games with at least a point is now four, which matched teammate Robin Lod's streak earlier this season.
Injuries: Loons list D Bakaye Dibassy (thigh) as questionable, D Michael Boxall (thigh/groin) and GK Dayne St. Clair (international duty) are out.
Minnesota started only two strikers against Seattle, leaving Sang Bin Jeong and Joseph Rosales to provide the width behind Teemu Pukki and Kelvin Yeboah.
