Podcast – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, the Pids finally got a result at Providence Park.
Rabbi and Red banter about whether an MLS player just won the Puskás. We compare soccer to Great British Bake Off.
Then we discuss the 0-0 draw at Portland Timbers. Should we feel positive or negative about it? The underlying numbers were generally good. The eye test was meh, and it’s been pretty meh recently. And yet, the race for the playoffs in the MLS Western Conference is unchanged.
Then we look ahead to Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Matt of course wasn’t allowed to do a prediction for this game. We talk about Oli Larraz, Vancouver’s tactical approach, and what the Rapids need to do better. Ralph Priso gets his flowers. The schedule gets tuff starting this week. It’s put-up or shut-up time.
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 previously wrote for Last Word on Sports, covering STLFC, the Rapids, 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.
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