Podcast – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, Matt Pollard does a solo pod on his birthday. It’s the final week of the Colorado Rapids season before the break for the World Cup. Let’s get into it.Â
Matt talks about that win at Minnesota United. It was so important that Matt Wells showed some pragmatism and it paid off. We look back at a disappointing loss in the Rocky Mountain Cup. There were some circumstantial tactical issues that gave RSL an advantage. The Pids still have the tie breaker and a chance to make it a three-peat.
Then Matt looks ahead to the double game week. It’s a massive Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup game against San Jose Earthquakes. Then it’s firework night against FC Dallas.
Oh, and vote for Rafa Navarro and Lucas Herrington in the MLS All-Star Game fan vote.
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.
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