Our football match prediction:
Colorado Rapids
Match Time & Date:
15/07/2018
02:00 GMT
Prediction: 1-1
Houston Dynamo
Colorado Rapids play host to Houston Dynamo at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park this weekend. Colorado aim to make amends for back-to-back losses to the likes of Seattle Sounders and Montreal Impact and seeing that Houston are on a three-game losing run on the road, the hosts are definitely capable of grabbing something from Sunday’s football match. The Rapids aim to move away from the bottom of the standings and we predict they will fight tooth and nail against Houston. The Dynamo recorded a routine 3-0 win over Minnesota United at home at the weekend, but, as previously mentioned, their away record is anything but good and we do not believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. A close encounter is on the cards and we believe that Colorado Rapids and Houston Dynamo are going to share the spoils this time out.
Highlighted Player (Tim Howard):
Tim Howard is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of USA national football team. Howard is well known for his spell with English giants Manchester United. The experienced shoot-stopper played for the Red Devils from 2003 to 2007 and he spent the 2006/2007 season on loan at Everton. At the end of the season he signed a permanent deal with the Goodison Park outfit and it has to be noted that he made no less than 354 league appearances for the Toffees. During the 2011/2012 Premier League campaign he scored his first and only goal for Everton as he found the net in a 2-1 loss to Bolton Wanderers. Thanks to the goal against Bolton he became the fourth goalkeeper to score a Premier League game. In 2016 he decided to return to USA, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with Colorado Rapids. Howard conceded 20 goals in 19 appearances for the Rapids in the 2016 MLS season and he managed to keep eight clean sheets. It is well known that the USA goalkeeper won the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup with the Yanks.
Highlighted Team (Houston Dynamo):
Houston Dynamo are an American professional soccer club owned by Jake Silverstein, Gabriel Brener, Ben Guull and Oscar De La Hoya, who is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. BBVA Compass Stadium is Dynamo’s home ground and the capacity of the venue is 22.039. Houston Dynamo won back-to-back MLS CUP trophies (2006, 2007), with the team beating New England Revolution in each of the two title games. It has to be noted that Houston finished the 2011 and the 2012 seasons as runners-up. In 2008 the Dynamo made it to the North American SuperLiga final, but this time out their old rivals New England Revolution proved to be a big catch for the BBVA Compass Stadium outfit. FC Dallas are regarded as the club’s main rivals and the two teams face each other in the Texas derby. Houston have developed a rivalry with Sporting Kansas City as well. The colours of the club are orange, black and white.
