Striker Kei Kamara scored his first of the 2020 MLS season in the 67th minute to give Colorado Rapids a lifeline.
His goal was the equaliser en route to the Rapids 2-1 victory over DC United on Saturday in Week 1 at the Audi Field.
The Rapids’ 92nd-minute goal from winger Jonathan Lewis gave the visitors a dream start to the 2020 Major League Soccer season.
Lewis was an 85th-minute substitute before he sealed the three points when a pinball-like sequence fell to the US men’s national team winger.
He capitalized on his chance, volleying home to make it 2-1 as goalkeeper Bill Hamid left the goalmouth.
Russell Canouse scored from the back post to give the host the opener in the 60th but was not enough as Colorado come from behind to register their first league win of the new season.
The host lead lasted for only seven minutes when Kei Kamara launched a trademark header past Hamid, latching onto a driven cross from Jack Price to make it 1-1.
MLS Regular Season – Game 1
D.C. United 1 (Canouse 60)
Colorado Rapids 2 (Kamara 67, Lewis 92+)
Lineups:
DCU (433): Bill Hamid; Russell Canouse, Frederic Brillant, Steven Birnbaum (C), Joseph Mora; Julian Gressel, Junior Moreno, Felipe Martins; Edison Flores (Yamil Asad 71), Ola Kamara, Ulises Segura
Rapids (4141): Clint Irwin; Keegan Rosenberry, Lalas Abubakar, Drew Moor, Sam Vines; Jack Price (C); Sam Nicholson (Jonathan Lewis 85), Younes Namli (Nicolas Mezquida 64), Kellyn Acosta, Andre Shinyashiki (Diego Rubio 80); Kei Kamara
Bookings:
DCU – Moreno 64, Mora 76, Brillant 85
Rapids – Shinyashiki 58
?#DCvCOL | #Rapids96 pic.twitter.com/mi7PDnRsXx
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) February 29, 2020
67' GOALLLLLLLL! KEI KAMARA pulls us level in D.C. with a towering header!!!
1-1#DCvCOL | #Rapids96 pic.twitter.com/Z2LDlhGSS5
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) February 29, 2020
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