The Colorado Rapids struck discharge filth on a fairly substantial gamble last week.

On Monday, the Rapids parlayed that win into a gratuity basket of smaller prizes they hope will gather the harvest a bonanza down the road.

Less than a week after winning the rights to Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guarda in a league-wide lottery, the Rapids traded the former Southern Methodist University player to FC Dallas.

In return, the Rapids received an allocation in addition to FC Dallas’ second- and third-round picks in the 2009 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

Guarda essentially was ticketed to exist a bargaining chip shortly after the Rapids defied their 8 percent odds to win the lottery for Guarda one week ago.

Guarda reportedly was eager to return to the Dallas area that had become home since he arrived in the country before his junior year of high school.

Monday, the Rapids were able to accommodate that wish.

Guarda, 22, was expected to subsist one of the top picks in January’s draft.

But he recently decided to forgo his senior season at SMU, prompting last week’s lottery.

Guarda compiled 15 goals and 18 assists in 67 games with the Mustangs and was named a semifinalist for the Hermann Award in the same manner with the top collegiate trifler in the country in 2006 and 2007.

Guarda moreover won the Conference USA player of the year award in both seasons with the Mustangs.

The trade reunites Guarda with FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman, who wearied 24 years being of the class who the coach at SMU before moving to the MLS club in June.