Twitter Facebook copy-url The Huge Picture Diego Rubio scored versus his previous club as the Colorado Rapids (1-3-3, 6 pts) made their initial win of the period on Saturday evening at Children Mercy Park. William Yarbrough videotaped his occupation 29th regular-season shutout for the Rapids, matching the all-time club document held by Matt Pickens (29 ). Notable F Diego Rubio opened his 2023 account with the game-winning goal in the 68thminute of the match. It was his 14th game-winning goal as a member of the Rapids, including in the all-time club record he established last season.GK William Yarbrough videotaped his 29th nothing for the Rapids tonight, tying Matt Pickens for the most shutouts in club history.The Rapids are unbeaten in their past three matches with tonight road win.Robin Fraser videotaped his 100th regular-season game as Rapids head train tonight.F Darren Yapi provided his initial MLS assist on Rubio game-winning objective. He'' s a smooth operator nets his initial goal of the season against his previous club! pleased with the group. I thought in the initial fifty percent, we had some actually good minutes, however it an extremely, very tough location to play. Ie believed for over one decade this is among the hardest places to play. Theye an extremely good group. Theye effectively arranged, and also the group below when they obtain rolling, this area is actually, actually challenging to handle. And they were rolling in the 2nd fifty percent, so I was actually pleased with just how we dug in and combated. Like I claimed, I assumed we had some truly excellent minutes in the very first half, and also in the 2nd fifty percent, we simply battled, and also sometimes, when youe when driving, that what you have to do to get factors, so truly happy with the team. Truly pleased with their effort tonight.?/ p On Diego Rubio kind: o, Diego was exceptionally excellent in preseason, exceptionally sharprained truly hard, was really in shape, looked truly sharp in front of the goal. And afterwards he gets his injury, and also because period, while it wasn a long injury, it still enough to shed your physical fitness, shed your intensity. As well as I really felt like when he came back, he was still functioning into this. I believe I spoke about this perhaps after his initial video game, prior to he left for Chile for the national group, and he wasn as sharp as he was in preseason, which is to be expected. He had actually taken a while off. He coming off of injury. He hasn touched a round much. I didn assume he was specifically sharp after that. I thought recently he looked a lot more like himself, but really not back to where he was, as well as once again Colorado Rapids Store, entirely anticipated because he had actually been out for a while. And today in training, to answer your question, he showed indications that Diego returning, and he had some really good, truly sharp minutes in training today. As well as I believed from the very initially, I believe it was the initial touch that he had tonite, where he held the ball up and also transformed 2 individuals as well as oozed out of it. As well as I thought, mm, Diego appears to be where he was.?And throughout the evening, actually good moments of quality, really persistent in what he was asked to do defensively, and I can not say adequate regarding the goalhe effort to obtain to the sphere, the calmness, the option, the actual choice of how to strike the round. It was a genuine minute that I seemed like Diego making a statement that he back, and also for us, wee truly excited concerning that, actually excited about having Diego returning to peak type because when he great, he actually hazardous for us.?/ p On building off of the past two efficiencies: assume certainly, it structure on the last two efficiencies. I believed we were superb both methods against Austin. I believed we defended well versus LAFC. We could have been a little sharper on the assaulting end. I assumed the first fifty percent tonight, we played well. Second half, they did a really great task of stepping up pressure on us. Our links weren as excellent in the 2nd half, but you play video games when traveling against excellent groups in challenging environments, in some cases it appears like this. So, this win is every little bit as satisfying as a win where we would certainly have had 90-percent possession. Somehow, it much more gratifying since if you play well, you seem like you must win. Sometimes when you get pinned in, as well as I assumed Kansas City did an excellent task in the second half of pinning us in, those are games that you can lose if youe not actually, truly involved, dialed in, focused, established. I assume you acquire a whole lot playing really well as well as winning games by doing this, but I think you additionally gain a great deal when you battle. And this is what we did tonite, definitely fought, and against a great team, great deals of excellent gamers, lots of service right into our box, and also our people simply didn flinch. We curved, but we did not break, as well as it a truly rewarding sensation due to the fact that at the end of the day, when you can work your way into a success on the roadway, I believe it one more way of building confidence.?/ p COLORADO RAPIDS ONWARD DIEGO RUBIO On the match: t extremely vital to win. We constantly claim, in some cases, especially away, that it doesn matter how we win. I seem like the protectors made a wonderful video game. I believe some people tipped up significant, specifically after [Andreas] Maxshas been starting every game, he had a head injury. That huge when among your leaders goes down. It a significant impact to see him like that, however I think we won for him. We needed that win, so that big. We protected well and also all of us did what we should do, away, so that good.?/ p On scoring the team game-winning objective: t indicated a whole lot. I feel like if we didn win, we had the stress. I think they had the stress, also, to win this video game. They haven been winning, playing great, however we understand just how hazardous they are and also the number of excellent players they have playing below at residence with their followers. As quickly as I scored the goal, I resembled, mosting likely to go and also commemorate it.?It was a teamwork today. We always state forwards are suggested to score. It a little bit harder particularly in away games. I think if you saw the game, if you enjoyed the video game, we need to do a great deal of defending, track the protectors. Max, Jon [Lewis], myself, require to track the sixes. It a lot. It a whole lot, yet like I stated, it a synergy today. I scored the goal, however it really feels like we scored the objective as a group. The whole team, the people who involve the gamevin Cabral, I know how hard it is for certain for him to find in six, seven mins as well as to provide max initiative. I seem like it not my goal, it the team goal.?/ p