Rapids Beaten By Revs In Preseason

Yesterday's match was largely contested by the reserves for Colorado, with the only likely starters in the opening XI being Trusty and possibly Lewis or Shinyashiki.  At halftime the Rapids were down 2-0.  Price and Irwin came in to start the second half and stabilized things a bit, giving up a goal but also scoring one as buildup work from Trusty and Shinyashiki Lewis got on an Anderson cross to make the score 3-1.  In the 60th minute pretty much the while first team subbed in, resulting in a lineup of Irwin, Rosneberry, Abubakar, Moor, Vines, Price, Acosta, Namli, Nicholson, Benezent, and Kamara.  Sadly, in a "that's so Rapids" moment, Benezet would only last 14 minutes until taking a ball to the face that ended up sending him to the hospital to get cleaned up.  Sounds like there's no long-term concern though.  The last 30 minutes would go scoreless and the Rapids lost 3-1.

Good to see Namli and Benezet (however limited) get their first work in a game.  While the scores don't matter and the coaches are clear the focus in these games are fitness and teamwork it would be nice to not get so blown out at times.  There are three games left, two full scrimmages at 1pm each of the next two Saturdays, both of which will be streamed online, and a closed-door scrimmage with the Galaxy next Wednesday.