Lalas Abubakar was awarded the man of the match on Friday despite Colorado Rapids loss to Sporting Kansas City in the second game of the MLSisback tournament.

The defender was on top of his game on the day making all the clearance and winning all the battles before his side’s were reduced to 9 men in the second half.

Rapids after losing their first game were hoping to bounce back against Kansas City on Friday night, but a 3-2 defeat on the night ended their hopes of qualifying to the next round.

The visitors took an early lead through Kelly Acosta but couldn’t hold on after two red cards brought the squad down to nine men in the second half.

Khirry Shelton and Allan Pullido scored in the space of twelve minutes to give the home side the lead.

Jonathan Lewis equalized late, but a deflected stoppage-time shot from Graham Zusi sealed the victory for Sporting Kansas.

Despite his side’s defeat, Lalas Abubakar was ajudged Colorado Rapids best player after colossus performance on the day.

“Lalas was a force tonight. But he’s a force every night, so, really nothing to report here.

He’ll take home Man of the Match honors for #SKCvCOL.

.@LALASABUBAKAR1 is your @HealthONEsystem Man of the Match for #SKCvCOL. https://t.co/OS5Za9VVIv

Rapids are languishing at the bottom of the Group B with zero points after two games.