Overview
- San Diego defeated the Rapids 3-0 on Saturday at Snapdragon Stadium with goals from Onni Valakari (27'), Elias Achouri (35') and Gabriel Pirani (71').
- Goalkeeper CJ dos Santos made two saves and recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season for San Diego.
- Two first-half Colorado errors directly led to the opening goals, including a failed flick by Rob Holding that let Valakari pounce and score.
- The victory extended San Diego’s strong home run to four straight wins since the World Cup pause and moved them into 11th place, one point shy of a wild-card slot.
- Colorado’s three-game winning and clean-sheet streak ended, leaving coach Matt Wells to regroup before next weekend’s Rocky Mountain Cup and with rotation, injury and recent transfer moves to consider.