Get excited, soccer fans. It's a showdown between an irresistible force and a movable object; the Houston Dynamo and the Colorado Rapids.

Now, let's start with the men between the sticks. For the Rapids, we have Zack "I Stop Everything" Steffen and Adam "Stingy Fingers" Beaudry, with ratings of 6.90 and 6.10 respectively. On the other side, the Dynamo's keepers are Blake "The Wall" Gillingham and Jimmy "Never Let Go" Maurer, boasting ratings of 7.15 and 6.70.

Sliding into the top players, Colorado Rapids offer us-- Đorđe Mihailović - definitely a mouthful - but his stats do the talking with a 7.92 rating, 3 goals and an impressive accurate pass percentage of 79.1%. Other players to note are Rafael Navarro and Andreas Maxsø, both showcasing solid performances.

Houston Dynamo ace Jack McGlynn has been, well, dynamite with a 7.80 rating, 1 goal and a notable accurate pass percentage of 89.8%. Franco Escobar and Júnior Urso, too, have been keeping things spicy in the Houston squad.

Peering into our soccer time machine, the past matchups between these teams clearly tilted in favor of the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo has been, you might say, a thorn in the Rapids' side. Recently, however, the Rapids have been running smoothly with a 4-2-2 record in the current season, while the Dynamo has been, more or less, spinning in circles at 1-3-4.

In summary, it's a case of "what have you done for me lately?" versus "remember when?” Now, I'm not a betting man, otherwise I'd have a house in the tropics instead of a cramped apartment with leaky faucets. But based off stats, recent performance, and history, I'd dare say—

Albert’s Prediction: Houston Dynamo by 1