Still vying for the Western Conference's top overall seed, visiting Minnesota United will travel to Commerce City, Colo., to face the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.
Minnesota (15-7-9, 54 points) has dropped consecutive matches for the first time this season but still sits third in the West behind San Diego FC (57 points) and Vancouver (56).
Coming off arguably its worst outing of the season in a 3-0 home loss to the Chicago Fire, head coach Eric Ramsay knows his team has to go up from here.
"I think it's a bit of a reality check in a sense of what's required to get over the line, and what's required as a club in general to be in a position to win trophies," Ramsay said. "Unfortunately it's been a tough week across two competitions here. ... The big point is this certainly shows the