Ghanaian defender Lalas Abubakar continued from where he left off last season as he displayed a solid defensive performance in Colorado Rapids' MLS 2020 opener against D.C United.

The former Columbus Crew defender was a rock at the back as Rapids snatched a late 2-1 win on the road.

Winger Jonathan Lewis scored a 92nd winner just seven minutes after coming on as a substitute.

The American pounced on a defensive blunder by the D.C defence which left goalkeeper Bill Hamid out of his goal mouth.

D.C United opened the scoring after Russell Canouse headed in a Julian Gressel corner kick on 60 minutes.

But Colorado Rapids wasted no time in grabbing the equalizer after veteran forward Kei Kamara header in a cross from Jack Price seven minutes after D.C's lead.

It was a good start for Lalas Abubakar and Colorado Rapids in the 25th year of the Major League Soccer.

Abubakar joined Rapids during the off-season after an impressive loan spell in the second half of the 2019 campaign.