Podcast: C38 Walkout, Revs Preview, Chris Little

PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, the Interim Cup is up for grabs! Rabbi and Red banter about the second Pádraig Smith press conference. We discuss Luis Díaz joining the Rapids on waivers. Thanks for the insight, Ralph Schudel. Then we give our initial impressions of Chris Little as interim manager and what affect he could have on the team. Matt also pieces together a timeline of the Robin Fraser firing.

Then we preview Saturday’s game. The Interim Cup or the Omar Gonzalez Derby? Whatever you call it, both teams are a mess. What’s going on with the Revs now that Bruce Arena has resigned? An interim to the interim manager, players refusing to train, and still no answers about what Bruce did in the first place. Never mind all the injuries and departures on defense. Carles Gil can singlehandedly will this game still, right?

Jamie Rooke joins the show to break down the fallout, what it means for New England, and what more chaos could come. You can catch up on his work for Last Word on Soccer here and here.

HTHL has obtained an advanced copy of the C38 open letter to the Rapids front office and ownership, to be released Thursday morning. We’ve also learned about a walkout protest planned for the 20th minute on Saturday. We skim over the letter, highlight key parts, and discuss how it could be received by those it was directed at. Rapids fans care, do you Josh and Stan Kroenke? Then Matt discusses what he knows about the planned protests for Saturday including a C38 walkout, what they could look and sound line at scale, and how you can participate if you’re so inclined.

We disagree with a few of the things said in the open letter. “Mistreatment of press and bloggers” could be referring to the Rapids 2 incident from back in March. We would not use the word “mistreatment” to describe what happened there. You can refresh your memory on that situation here starting at 25:38.

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.

Photo Credit: John Babiak.

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