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8 p.m. Wednesday at Colorado • BSN 1500-AM
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 F
Vancouver rising, is fourth in West
Preview: Vancouver, which has not made the playoffs since 2017, is fourth in the Western Conference. The Whitecaps 2-1-1 record and four points matching that of fifth-place Sporting Kansas City and sixth-place Colorado. Colombian forward Cristian Dajome has scored three goals. … The Loons four-game losing streak is their longest since the last four games of the 2018 season, which was their second year playing MLS. The only players left from their loss at Columbus in that season finale are Brent Kallman and Michael Boxall, who played his 100th game for the Loons on Saturday in Colorado. … The Loons haven t lost to Vancouver in MLS play and the teams haven t played each other since a scoreless draw on July 27, 2019, at Allianz Field. … Because of COVID-19, Vancouver is playing its home games at Real Salt Lake s Rio Tinto Stadium. … The rare 8 p.m. start at Allianz Field is because it will be broadcast nationally in Canada on TSN.