Rapids home for the holiday, face upstart Austin FC

After a strong first half for Austin FC, the second-year side aims to keep rolling when they visit the Colorado Rapids on Monday.

Austin (9-4-4, 31 points) was 2-0-1 in June after a 1-0 midweek win against Charlotte FC, its second-consecutive road win, with both coming by shutout.

The club has been comfortable as the visitors, with their five wins away from home (5-3-1) to put them near the top of the league in that cat