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United's Addlery Makes Most of His Chance
Nicholas Addlery came off the bench for Guy-Roland Kpene and contributed a goal and an assist in United's win over the Rapids.
(Jonathan Newton - The Washington Post)
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There was more to come as Gomez freed Emilio on the left for a clear run and composed finish in the 87th minute to stretch his scoring streak to four games and increase his team-leading total to seven. After a slow start offensively, United has scored 12 goals the past four matches.
The key last night was getting the new players -- Addlery, Devon McTavish, Justin Moose and Clyde Simms -- adjusted.
"Anytime you inject so many new guys, regardless of them understanding the system, it takes a while to have the comfort level to play positive balls, and I thought we were very conservative early," Soehn said.
The Rapids had a much more fluent attack in the first half, offering several speculative passes against a United back line that lacked cohesion and proper spacing. A minute after Troy Perkins made a fine save, Colorado took a well-deserved lead on Peterson's header.
However, Simms sent a low ball into the box that Vanney tried to head out of danger. He missed and, as Emilio prepared to shoot, Vanney slapped the ball. Gomez, wearing the captain's armband in Moreno's absence, stuck the penalty kick into the lower corner for his fourth goal of the season.
Soehn shored up the defense by moving McTavish from the right side to the middle and, in the second half, Perkins made a couple of quality saves and Addlery found his way.
"The first 25, 30 minutes we were flat, the same way we came out against Salt Lake," Perkins said. "Fortunately, they didn't capitalize on a couple things. Second half, we collected ourselves here [in the locker room] and came back out fighting."
United Note: Colorado defender Mike Petke, who played on D.C.'s 2004 championship team, departed in the 29th with a possible broken ankle.
