Mon. Mar 31st, 2025
Rapids Charlotte preview
Photo Credit: Mark Shaiken

PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we’ve got a lot to talk about. Rabbi and Red banter about the USMNT making us big sad. Concacaf Nations League didn’t go well. Zack Steffen was supposedly supposed to start on Sunday but then got sick. We’re less enthused about the World Cup now. Oh and Charlotte FC are in town this week and they are stacked with talent.

Then we break down what went wrong against Portland Timbers. It might not be as bad as you think. The Pids may be closer than the score line suggested. Cole Bassett and Chris Armas spoke well after the game. How about Adam Beaudry? And yay Reggie Cannon’s shirt.

Then we do a Rapids Charlotte preview. It’s the only afternoon game of the year. Papa Red is coming to his first Rapids game! Tim Ream, Wilfried Zaha, and Patrick Agyeman, oh my!

Oh and Conor Ronan had his appendix removed and the NWSL team has a training facility location. It’s as we expected. We end the show with an exclusive with new winger Ted Ku-DiPietro.

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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: Mark Shaiken

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