Moor lifts Rapids to big win over FC Dallas
Posted: 10.03.2011 at 4:18 PM
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COMMERCE CITY, COLO. (AP) -- Drew Moor scored in the 25th minute to lead the Colorado Rapids to a 1-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday night.

Moor scored for the second time in two games on a header and goalkeeper Matt Pickens got his seventh shutout as Colorado (11-9-12) ended a five game winless streak.

Colorado pulled one point behind Dallas for fourth place in the Western Conference.

FC Dallas (13-11-7) lost it's fourth straight, all by shutouts -- extending its scoreless streak to 360 minutes, four shy of the franchise mark set in 2003.

Before Moor's goal, Colorado had several shots go wide of both posts. Kouke Kimura broke free and sailed a shot over the crossbar in the 6th minute. FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman had to flick away Sanna Nyassi's from 25 yards out in the 23rd.

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