Commerce City, CO – Heung-Min Son can do it on a cold night in Commerce City. And the Colorado Rapids despite all the Decision Day chaos, will miss out on the MLS Cup playoffs.

On Saturday night, the Pids hosted LAFC for the final regular season match of 2026. Colorado needed a result and some help from other teams. It was a dramatic finish, but they came up short. Let’s break down what happens and what this means big picture with head Coach Chris Armas out of contract.

Armas made three changes from the side that lost at Real Salt Lake. Sam Vines was in for Rafael Santos, which surprised but worked. Darren Yapi and Ted Ku-DiPietro started out wide. That meant Cole Bassett finally moved back to a deeper role.

For LAFC, Deni Bouangao and...