Kosi Thompson scored two goals in his Colorado debut on Saturday night to help lead the Rapids to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Dynamo in Commerce City, Colo.
Thompson, who was traded from Toronto FC on March 26, made an immediate impact with his new team, scoring his first two goals of the season. Rafael Navarro also scored a pair of goals and Josh Atencio added another for the Rapids (4-3-0, 12 points), who improved to 3-0-0 at home.
Lawrence Ennali netted the only Houston goal before second-half stoppage time, as the visitors couldn’t capitalize on 18 shots, eight of them on goal. The Dynamo (2-4-0, 6 points) dropped their third consecutive match after winning two of three to begin the season.
Colorado struck first just five minutes in when Thompson scored on his first run in a Rapids uniform. Dante Sealy sent a cross through the box which leaked out to Thompson, who fired in his first goal since 2023.
The Rapids doubled their early advantage in the 17th minute when Thompson’s steal in Houston territory led to Atencio’s first goal of the season.
Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen made three of his six saves in the opening half to help preserve Colorado’s two-goal halftime edge.
At the 53-minute mark, Thompson’s second goal extended the lead to 3-0. Rebounding a deflection from Houston’s Diadie Samassekou in the box, Thompson fired in another right-footed attempt that snuck by Houston goalkeeper Jonathan Bond (three saves).
The Dynamo finally found the back of the net in the 69th minute, as Guilherme Santos assisted on Ennali’s second goal of the year.
Colorado answered just four minutes later, though, when Navarro netted his team-leading fourth goal of the year. Houston’s deficit was pushed to four in the first minute of second-half stoppage time when Felipe Andrade’s own goal made it 5-1.
Santos scored two minutes later for Houston before Colorado’s late-game offense continued. After Hector Herrera’s foul, Navarro scored a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to punctuate the lopsided outing.
–Field Level Media
