So would we really want the match to end like this? Yes, Rapids fans. I hear you, but let’s put your bias aside. Even though this has been a turgid match, do we really prefer a 108th minute own goal deciding the MLS Cup? Wouldn’t we just take penalty kicks? Again?
MLS Cup Final, FC Dallas Vs. Colorado: Macoumba Kandji Forces George John Own Goal, Gives Colorado Late Lead
We don't get a choice, and those Colorado Rapids fans don't have to hide their bias. For a team that's never won an MLS Cup, George John's 108th minute own goal could be cause for celebration, his attempted block of a Macoumba Kandji poke going off his left thigh and past Kevin Hartman, giving the Rapids a 2-1 lead.
Kandji created the goal after two step-overs and a nutmeg on Jair Benitez saw him stabbing for a ball, attempting to win a challenge against Ugo Ihemelu. The poke send the ball at George John, standing three yards from goal, whose attempt to trap the cross sent the ball toward Hartman's near post. The `keeper had been moving to his right in an attempt to position himself for the cross. By the time he'd adjusted, the ball was past him at his left, the likely MLS Cup winning goal.
Kandji was injured on the play and is now in the Colorado locker room, with the Rapids playing down a man for the last moments of the match.
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