Podcast: Rapids Lose Again, Messi Circus

PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we say “what’s up?” to Max Bretos. The guys banter about Messi’s perfect start to his time at Inter Miami and the Messi Circus, which is already annoying some. We talk the Holding The High London Derby (congrats to Mark in advance), and William Yarbrough’s knee injury.

Then we break down the 4-0 loss to LAFC. There’s debuts for Rafael Navarro and Sidnei Tavares to discuss. One was good. The other was not. There’s other individual performances to criticize and things about this team that are still fundamentally broken. The time for moral victories is over.

We then preview Minnesota United for next week and discuss whether Robin Fraser should be fired. Matt and Mark wrote columns recently to compliment that discussion. You can find those here and here.

Holding The High Line with Rabbi and Red is a podcast centered around the Colorado Rapids. We started in January 2018. Find us at your favorite podcatcher. We’re on pretty much everyone you’d want. Follow the pod on Twitter @rapids96podcast. Email the pod at rapids96podcast@gmail.com if you’d like to ask us a question or use the hashtag #AskHTHL on Twitter.

Matt Pollard is the Managing Editor of Burgundy Wave, having overseen the site’s move to being independent in April 2023. He moved to Denver in 2015 and has covered the Rapids since 2016. An engineer and environmentalist by day, when he’s not watching or writing about soccer, he’s hiking or skiing in the mountains. He also writes for Last Word on Soccer, covering MLS and the USMNT.

Mark Goodman, known as Rapids Rabbi or Soccer Rabbi, lived in Colorado from 2011-2018. He became an MLS Sicko after seeing Lee Nguyen of the New England Revolution pull off some silky moves at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. He’s a professional rabbi during the day and the author of the well regarded Backpass series, which started at Burgundy Wave. He watches the Pids from a far, having moved to Pittsburgh. He also covers the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Championship for Pittsburgh Soccer Now.

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