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Podcast: Rapids Press Conference Analysis
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it’s all about the press access. After releasing the full audio from the Pádraig Smith Rapids press conference, Rabbi and Red get together. We briefly talk some R2 news, final transfers, and the LAFC game on Sunday. Then we break down everything…
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Podcast: The Pádraig Smith Press Conference
PODCAST – Hi Rapids fans. Red here. Just got home from the Pádraig Smith press conference. Here’s the entire audio from that press conference, unedited. Rabbi and I will be recording together tonight to debrief and react from this, talk R2, Sidnie Tavares, and preview LAFC on Sunday. Holding The High Line with Rabbi and…
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Northern Colorado Hailstorm are fun but Struggling
WINDSOR – Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC hosted Union Omaha yesterday evening. It was a hotly contested 3-2 loss for the home side. They’ve now lost two in a row at home and four overall. But they’re still in a playoff spot in the USL League One with 12 games to go. They may be struggling,…
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Who is Sidnei Tavares? Analyzing the Rapids’ Recent Acquisition
COMMERCE CITY – A busy secondary transfer window for the Colorado Rapids saw them offload a multitude of players, while acquiring some exciting, yet uncertain young talent. In exchange for draft picks and GAM, Colorado parted ways with Michael Barrios, Anthony Markanich, and Bryan Acosta. Marko Ilic saw his loan move finalized into a permanent…
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Podcast: Rafael Navarro Debut, Sort Of
PODCAST – Hello Rapids sickos. Happy we had a week without a Colorado Rapids loss, sort of. This week on Holding The High Line, Red gives Rabbi a week off. He solo pods to discuss the few loose ends from the transfer window. He celebrates Michael Barrios. There’s updates on the arrivals of Rafael Navarro…
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Analyzing the Latest Rapids Transactions
COMMERCE CITY – With each passing game, the 2023 Colorado Rapids season appears to be nothing more than a fight to avoid the notorious “Wooden Spoon” award. The team is in a complete rebuild and this week’s trades continued to indicate just that. Michael Barrios, Anthony Markanich, and Bryan Acosta have all packed their bags…
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Tokyo Olympics Rematch Set for World Cup Melbourne: The United States vs Sweden
MELBOURNE – It a matter of hours it will be Olympic Bronze versus Silver at Melbourne’s Rectangular Stadium. It’s eye-catching exterior structure is based on the geodesic dome designed by the American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller. The 30,000 seats that surround the pitch will soon be filled with animated fans to watch the much anticipated…
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Win or Lose Against Sweden, It’s Been a Banner Year for Lindsey Horan
MELBOURNE – Ever since my disabilities took hold of me several years ago, I have been re-reading a soft cover book titled “The Art of Healing: Notes for Life.” It is authored by a gifted writer, Sanhita Baruah. One of my favorite quotes in the book is “Good things take time, great things take a little…
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Carli Lloyd Calls Out Vlatko Andonovski et al. Andonovski and Others Clap Back.
AUKLAND – Relationships are getting cantankerous down here, both on and off the pitch. While the U.S. Women’s National team players are having some difficulties connecting with each other on the pitch, so are they having difficulties with a certain blunt alumni. As if she was amped up to start in a World Cup Final,…
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Podcast: No One Good FC
PODCAST – Hello Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, Rapids Twitter has had itself a few days. Rabbi and Red spend as little time as possible discussing that loss to Toluca. We analyze the end of the transfer window with Rafael Navarro’s late arrival, the departures of Bryan Acosta and Anthony Markanich,…
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