coloradorapids.com - 8/24/2009
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August 23 --- MLSNet.com: Cuauhtémoc Blanco scored on a penalty kick in the 72nd minute, Mike Banner scored from just inside the penalty area in the 86th minute and Dasan Robinson (shown here) scored at the end of a wild flurry of activity in stoppage time to give Chicago Fire the win over Colorado.
Match Recap: RAPIDS v FIRE
web.mlsnet.com 7/5/2009 — July 4 --- MLSNet.com: It had been three weeks since the Fire's most recent league contest. --- Although the club hardly was taking a holiday in the meantime with SuperLiga and US Open Cup matches on its slate during the interim, the Fire nonetheless rediscovered a scoring spark it had been missing.
Match Recap: RAPIDS v CREW
web.mlsnet.com 8/2/2009 — August 1 --- MLSNet.com: The road has been a little less than kind to the Columbus Crew so far this season.
--- On Saturday, the defending MLS Cup champions were forced to play their first road tilt without league-leading goal scorer Guillermo Barros Schelotto...
Match Recap: RAPIDS v RED BULLS
web.mlsnet.com 7/26/2009 — July 25 --- MLSNet.com: Colorado continued their goalscoring rampage against New York, rolling to a 4-0 victory. --- Jacob Peterson, Pat Noonan, Nick LaBrocca, and Mehdi Ballouchy scored for the Rapids, who have now scored 16 goals in their last four games against RBNY (all were Rapids victories).
Match Recap: RAPIDS v DYNAMO
web.mlsnet.com 8/31/2009 — August 30 --- MLSNet.com: Julien Baudet's header from a Mehdi Ballouchy corner kick for his first MLS goal proved to be the difference as the Colorado Rapids defeated Western Conference leaders Houston Dynamo by a score of 1-0 on Sunday afternoon...
Match Recap: RAPIDS v CHIVAS USA
web.mlsnet.com 8/9/2009 — August 8 --- MLSNet.com: Colorado blitzed Chivas USA with two goals in the first four minutes of the match, leading the way to a key 4-0 Western Conference victory. (Shown here: Chivas USA's Jesse Marsch battles with Rapids goalscorer Pablo Mastreoni, whose goal was his first in over four years.)
Match Recap: FIRE v GALAXY
web.mlsnet.com 8/20/2009 — August 19 --- MLSNet.com: Mike Magee and Landon Donovan scored to lead the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy to a 2-0 win against the Chicago Fire on Wednesday at a sold-out Toyota Park. --- Magee scored in the 23rd minute and Donovan in the 54th, as the Galaxy held the Fire without a single shot on goal.
Match Recap: WIZARDS v FIRE
web.mlsnet.com 8/17/2009 — August 16 --- MLSNet.com: Led by goals from Chris Rolfe and Mike Banner, the Chicago Fire gained their sixth road win of the season in a 2-0 victory against the Kansas City Wizards on Sunday afternoon at CommunityAmerica Ballpark...
Match Recap: EARTHQUAKES v RAPIDS
web.mlsnet.com 9/20/2009 — September 18 --- MLSNet.com: Through 90 minutes of their game against Colorado, San Jose had victory in their grasp, but a stoppage time penalty from Rapids forward Conor Casey allowed the visitors to draw level, and the Quakes were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Fire, Rapids rumble in Rockies
web.mlsnet.com 7/3/2009 — The Chicago Fire will be the opposition for the Colorado Rapids in their annual Fourth of July extravaganza at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids have lost just one in 13 games at home all-time on Independence Day.
Substitutions, PK spark Fire comeback —
Major League Soccer News 8/24/2009
In a manner of speaking, the Chicago Fire pulled off an upset win at home against the Colorado Rapids Sunday. After failing to get a shot on goal against Los Angeles Wednesday in a 2-0 loss, the Fire again failed to record a dangerous chance in the ...