Rapids Lose To SJ, Get Ready For KC Tomorrow

Sunday night in Vegas the Rapids took on San Jose.  Here was the starting XI:

Irwin

Knight - O'Neill - Watts - Harrington

Cronin - Pittinari

Serna - Sarvas - Sanchez

Badji

Wes Knight, trialist, at right back and Dominique Badji, draftee, at forward.  San Jose scored right before the break, Wondolowski in the 43rd minute.  The only halftime change was trialist Quentin Westberg for Irwin but in the 63rd minute all 10 field players were subbed.  The new lineup:

Westberg

Flores - Greenspan - Sjoberg - Burch

Riberio - Newnam

Montoya - Alvarez - Torres

Calvert

Francisco Flores, trialist, at right back, Joseph Greenspan, draftee on leave from the Navy, at center back, Andrew Riberio and Ben Newnam, trialists, at defensive mids, Oscar Montoya, trialist, at right mid, Carlos Alvarez, looking for new contract, at center mid.

(BTW, the 4-2-3-1 formation I'm showing seems to be what they plan to play this season)

JJ Koval would score for the E-Quakes in the 74th minute.  Final score 2-0.

The Rapids moved on to Tucson yesterday and will face Kansas City in their first Desert Diamond Cup game tomorrow at 5:30pm.  The game will be streamed ColoradoRapids.com.  full schedule below:

KC - Wed 2/17 - 5:30pm

NE - Sat 2/21 - 5:30pm

FC Tucson - 2/24 - 5:30pm

Final game opponent and time based on standings on 2/28