A glorious 2024 campaign at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park ended as sourly as it could. Up to the 48th minute, Oliver Larraz had been playing one of his best games of the season, particularly on the defensive end. But one mistake from the 23-year-old turned the game on its head. The Colorado Rapids’ 1-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders means a home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs is out of reach after Real Salt Lake found a late winner over San Jose to cement a fourth-place finish in the Western Conference. For Rapids coach Chris Armas, the focus now shifts to the two-week break before the regular season’s final game against Austin FC and how to apply lessons learned in his team’s four losses in its last five games. “It was electric for me that the building had a lot of energy, but we fell short.