Colorado Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo - Player Ratings

Granted, this wasn’t the usual starting XI for the Houston Dynamo, but the Colorado Rapids on Saturday delivered one of their sharpest 2012 efforts in the season-closer.

Colorado Rapids 2 Houston Dynamo 0 - Youth Brings... Uh, Well, We Won

The Rapids ended their season on a high note when they took down the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night.

Colorado Rapids vs Houston Dynamo - Game Preview

The Colorado Rapids will play their final match of the 2012 season against the Houston Dynamo at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday evening.

Rapids Injury Report: Shane O'Neill Still Questionable

We'll leave the debate on how much youth we're expecting Oscar Pareja to put out on the field against Houston for another article on another day. (Or maybe today, who knows?) Either way, it looks bad for Shane O'Neill going into that game, as he has once again been listed as 'Questionable' for the Rapids on this week's latest injury report.

There's plenty of knocks on the probable list, with guys like Tony Cascio and Omar Cummings waffling in an out of being able to play. Conor Casey is also on there, but he's guaranteed not to play after being shut down by the team. That makes six veterans (if you count Anthony Wallace) who won't be on the field. With them out and Tyson Wahl suspended, you'd think it would force Oscar's hand at playing Chris Klute or Davy Armstrong.

But again, that's a discussion for another time.

Here's the injury report, from Coloradorapids.com:

OUT: DEF Anthony Wallace (L Achilles tear); MID Pablo Mastroeni (headaches); FWD Edu (R foot contusion); GK Matt Pickens (R adductor strain); MID Brian Mullan (L knee scope)

DOUBTFUL: NONE

QUESTIONABLE: MID Shane O'Neill (possible R orbital fracture)

PROBABLE: FWD Omar Cummings (R ankle soreness); FWD Tony Cascio (L ankle sprain); MID Jeff Larentowicz (L groin tightness); FWD Conor Casey (R knee soreness)

And So, The Tyson Wahl Experiment Ends

Hopefully, the Chivas USA game will be the last we see of Tyson Wahl in a Rapids jersey -- he proved that he doesn't have what it takes to stick around that night.

Pablo Mastroeni Training Fully Again

Pablo Mastroeni had his first full training session with no helmet in a while on Tuesday. Could he see his swan song with an appearance against the Houston Dynamo?