Petar Musa and Chris Cappis had first half goals as FC Dallas defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-1 on Saturday evening in a key Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.

Dallas (9-11-10, 37 points) moved from 11th to ninth place in the West and within a win of the Rapids (11-14-6, 39 points) with the Toros having four matches left to play in the regular season and Colorado with three. Dallas and Colorado would meet in the West wild card game if the season finishes as it currently stands.

Dallas won its second straight and moved its unbeaten streak to six games while Colorado has dropped three of its past four matches .

The Toros pushed for a goal in the early going and nearly got it, with Cappis clanging a shot off the left post in the eighth minute.

Dallas finally found the net just six

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