A week ago, the Colorado Rapids controlled their own fate in the race for the Supporters Shield and the home-pitch advantage that comes with earning MLSs best overall record.But a 1-0 loss at Portland combined with a 2-1 win by FC Dallas on Oct. 16 put the Rapids behind the proverbial eight-ball: even if they beat Houston on Sunday afternoon in the two teams regular season finale at Dicks Sporting Goods Field in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado needs FC Dallas to lose to gain the leagues top record.The Rapids are unbeaten at home this year, winning 11 times and drawing five matches. Colorado is attempting to be just the fifth team in MLS history to go through the season without a home loss.Weve made sure weve had a good week of practice and well need to bring a lot of good energy into the game, Rapids coach Pablo Mastroeni said. We respect Houston and we have to approach this game with 100 percent focus. We will put our best foot forward and we will do everything we can to win this game and then think about the playoffs.Colorado (15-6-12, 57 points) had its three-match winning streak come to an end with its loss on Oct. 16 while the Dynamo had their winless streak extended to four matches with a third defeat in that time when they suffered a second consecutive shutout in a 1-0 home loss to the LA Galaxy on Oct. 16.The Rapids have claimed 38 of 57 possible points at Dicks Sporting Goods Park, which is the most they have ever won on home soil. A win on Sunday would take them to 41 points at home, equaling the league high for a season (LA Galaxy, 2011 and FC Dallas, last year).The teams are meeting for the second time this season and the second time in the past three weeks. Colorado beat Houston 3-2 on Oct. 8, when Dominique Badji scored twice and Shkelzen Gashi hit for a late winner for the Rapids, who overcame a pair of goals from the Dynamos Mauro Manotas.The Dynamo havent won at Dicks Sporting Goods Park since 2008, with the Rapids winning the last three meetings in Commerce City.Houston (7-14-12) is on course to have its worst regular season in franchise history. The Dynamo own just 33 points, which equals their lowest total in their 11 seasons in MLS. That previous low season came in 2010, when the league employed a 30-match regular season schedule, four less than this season.The Dynamo failed to qualify for the playoffs for a third straight season and will register their fewest-ever wins in season. Houstons previous low was in 2010, when it managed a 9-15-6 record.Takkarist McKinley Falcons Jersey . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. 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Shane Hnidy joins Brian Munz for the broadcast on TSN 1290 Radio at 7pm ct.The former executive director of the Russian anti-doping agency planned to write a book on drug use in sports shortly before his sudden death, according to the Sunday Times.Sunday Times sportswriter David Walsh, renowned for his reporting of cycling champion Lance Armstrongs doping, reported that Nikita Kamaev wrote to him in November.Kamaev offered to reveal information on doping covering the last three decades since he began work for a secret lab in the Soviet Union, Walsh claimed. Kamaevs former boss at the agency, Ramil Khabriev, told Russias TASS news agency that the 52-year-old planned a book but abandoned it because an American publisher had demanded too much influence over its contents.Kamaev died on February 14 of what the Russian anti-doping agency called a massive heart attack.In Walshs account, Kamaev contacted The Sunday Times after a World Anti-Doping Agency commission accused RUSADA of helping to cover up doping by top Russian athletes as part of a systematic, state-sponsored program of drug use. Office of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency in Moscow According to the newspaper, Kamaev said he had collected unpublished actual documents, including confidential sources, regarding the development of performance enhancing drugs and medicine in sport, plus communications with the Russian Sports Ministry and International Olympic Committee.dddddddddddd. It is not clear whether Kamaev ever provided any documents.Walsh wrote that Kamaev first made contact on November 21, three days after WADA declared RUSADA non-compliant, effectively shutting down its operations. Kamaev remained at RUSADA until December before resigning.Walsh said that Kamaev wanted him to be his co-author but that the book plans did not proceed further. Walsh added he was reluctant to work with Kamaev because of the latters poor English and former role overseeing the drug testing agency at a time when the Russian government gained more influence over drug testing.Also See:Farah wins 3,000m in GlasgowBrit trio qualify for RioWake-up call for Asher-SmithSportswomen ' ' '