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The Crew (9-6-7, 34 pts.) is currently in first place in the Eastern Conference two points ahead of Philadelphia (8-5-8, 32 pts.) who has played one less match.
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With the two goals scored last Saturday, July 30, the Crew is now only one goal away from scoring its 700th franchise goal. The tally will make the Black & Gold only the fourth team to reach this milestone behind DC United, LA Galaxy and FC Dallas.
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The 2-0 win against Real Salt Lake was the first for the Crew at Rio Tinto Stadium. It was also the first time since 2005 that the Crew had won the season series against its Western Conference foe.
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The match marked the first career multi-assist (2) game for midfielder Robbie Rogers.
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The Rio Tinto showdown was also the first time the Crew found itself up 2-0 within 10 minutes of the start in a road game. The only other time this happened the Crew bested Kansas City 2-1 behind goals by Maisonneuve (3rd minute) and McBride (5th minute) on August 24, 1996.
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Eddie Gaven continues to lead the league in fouls suffered. He now has been fouled 54 times, nine more than Vancouver’s Gershon Koffie.
The Best of the Rest
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This will be the 35th meeting in regular season between the Rapids and the Crew. The Black & Gold’s record against Colorado is 11-16-8
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The Crew has scored 44 goals against the 46 tallied by Colorado in regular season giving the Black & Gold a minus 2 goal differential
110
The Crew has taken a total of 110 corner kicks through 22 matches this year. That is 12 more than last season through the same amount of matches
40
The game-winner Eddie Gaven scored against Portland on July 23 was the 40th of his career. His first goal was also a game-winner. It was an overtime goal on July 5, 2003 to give New York the win over D.C.
63 v 133
Jeff Cunningham’s game-winner against Vancouver, on July 6, was his 63rd in Black & Gold, good enough for the lead in the club’s all-time scoring books. The tally was also his 133rd which ties him with Jaime Moreno for all-time MLS Scoring lead.
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The Club record for game-winning-goals held by Jeff Cunningham
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The Club record for most shots in a single game held by Jeff Cunningham (5/31/03 vs. N.Y.)
