Podcast: Colorado Rapids Apertura. World Cup Preview.

Podcast – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we discuss the end of the Rapids Apertura.

The guys banter about the end of the European season. Mark gets his flowers for Arsenal winning the Premier League. We talk Champions League and react to the USMNT roster.

We break down the San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas game. The Pids made history in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup game. These matches had similar energy. Games of moments and goals where not a lot happened. Also, the officiating was a talking point. We break it down.

The we take a step back and look at the season so far. It’s great the Rapids are in the Open Cup Semifinal. The team is playing some good football. But looking at the MLS table, the results don’t like. What does Matt Wells say about the style of play, mentality, and progress?

Oh and we do some Rapid fire predictions for the rest of the season and the World Cup.

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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