COMMERCE CITY — The fireworks were readied at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Much like the soccer game, neither lit off.

For the second time in the last three games, the Colorado Rapids’ game was postponed due to weather, this time, after one half of play was completed against the Portland Timbers with what was widely expected to be the largest crowd of the season inside the stadium at the team’s annual “4thFest.”

A June 21 game against Vancouver was also called off and re-scheduled for Sept. 27. With another home game this Saturday, the grounds crew will be able to keep the pitch in shape thanks to modern turf and drainage system techniques.

At 7:42 p.m., a severe weather warning was announced and DSGP was delayed for the first time and soon after, the stadium was battered by multiple bands of wind, rain and lightning.

At 9:25 p.m., teams returned to the pitch and completed the first half after nearly a two-hour delay. With 22 minutes on the clock gone, Lalas Abubakar thought he gave the Rapids the lead as he headed home a Connor Ronan corner kick, but it was waived off as Cole Bassett was deemed to have indirectly interfered with goalkeeper David Bingham’s line of sight.

During the completed half of play, Colorado continually put the Timbers on the back foot but ultimately the Rapids weren’t able to find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes. As a result, the team has failed to score a goal in at least four-and-a-half games and Colorado is still searching for its first home win of the campaign.

Neither team came out for the second half as the delay eventually continued into the night. The game was officially postponed at 11:42 p.m.

Colorado will host FC Dallas at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at DSGP.

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