Tue. Nov 5th, 2024
Sam Vines back
Photo Credit: John Babiak

PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week, Holding The High Line opens the show with heavy hearts. We podcast just hours after news breaks that Rapids super fan Joan Dobrzynski passed away. We reminisce about her time as a fan of the club and what she meant to the players and Rapids Community.

Then Rabbi and Red talk Rapids Media Day. We discuss whether Keegan Rosenberry has shown he should be the new captain. We introduce the concept of Something To Prove FC. Get as excited as the new guys as we talk Zack Steffen’s knee, Djordje Mihailović humor, Chris Armas going off on the Open Cup, and more.

We have reason to believe Sam Vines will immanently be announced as rejoining the Rapids. The boys discuss what went wrong at Royal Antwerp, what him and other players coming to the club having failed(?) in Europe mean, and whether Armas will bring the Vines back back to Commerce City.

The guys then discuss the preseason schedule as the Rapids return to Querétaro and Orlando. They’ve replaced four pitches at DSGP. There’s concerns about how much information we’ll get while the team’s out of town. Lastly, we take listener questions. We discuss contract info, No. 6 prospects (Kellyn Acosta anyone?), season expectations, and center forward depth. Also, we officially had a listener in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.

During the show, we bring up Mark Goodman’s and John Babiak’s articles on Joan.

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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2 thoughts on “Podcast: Sam Vines Back?”
  1. Nice jobo n the Podcast reporting, guys. Re Vines… even with the setbacks, and not much playing time in Antwerp, he should have learned a lot and we missed him in that position. Been a quiet week since that news, so hopefully nothing messed up that deal like a medical question. Any update?

    1. Hey Charles. The Rapids must have seen your comment and said “let’s get it out tomorrow!” The club may have given Sam a day given jetlag for the medical. There may have been a day for finalizing negotiations with Antwerp and then another day for the contract with Sam. These things can take time. We’ve also seen that clubs tend to want to synchronize the announcement on a transfer. So a Friday afternoon news dump for Colorado wasn’t going to work. Chances are everything was done middle of last week and they just pushed the press release to Monday. Gave time for the digital team to make that sweet video with Drew though.

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