Podcast: 4thFEST Preview, LAFC Loss, Rosenberry MLS All-Star

PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, there’s excitement for 4th of July and a reality check. We banter about Rafael Navarro getting confirmed, Lamine Diack heading back to France, and Keegan Rosenberrysurprisingly making the MLS All-Star team. 

We break down that 3-0 loss to LAFC on Saturday. The approach and ideas were good, but they were too aggressive and naive to start the match. The Black and Gold showed why they are one of the best teams in MLS, especially when they’re ahead at home. The Burgundy Boys hung in there in the second half until Kévin Cabral got sent on. There’s a discussion to be had about how the Pids were undisciplined for the first time this year. But hey, Mike Edwards was ok off the bench. 

Then we turn to another double game week. It’s a 4thFEST preview. Sporting KC are old and bad. St. Louis CITY know what they are and could have a new coach bump after parting ways with Bradley Carnell. We talk about what John Hackworth could do come Sunday. 

We recorded this episode before the USMNT’s loss to Uruguay. How about Canada getting out of the group though?

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About the hosts:

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 Sports, covering 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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