Rapids Hope To Break Losing Streak Against The Crew

This unending series of games continues with another midweek tilt.  This time Colorado heats east to Columbus to face a Crew ide that are technically not a playoff team (due to a tiebreaker), making it one of only two non-playoff teams the Rapids have faced during this run.  The other was FSL, and well, we saw how that went.  Kickoff tomorrow is at 5:30pm MT.  The English announcers are Chris Wittyngham and Jamie Watson, the Spanish announcers are Sergio Ruiz and Miguel Gallardo.

Availability Report:

OUT: GK Abe Rodriguez (lower body injury, formerly ankle), M Max (unavailable), F Kevin Cabral (yellow card accumulation), F Darren Yapi (U-20 World Cup), F Diego Rubio (upper body injury, formerly ankle)

QUESTIONABLE: Braian Galvan (lower body injury), M Ralph Priso (lower body injury), F Michael Barrios (lower body injury)

So we got Bassett off the injury report and Nicholson and Acosta back from suspension, but Cabral takes this game off due to yellow card accumulation.  But fear not, Cabral will be available.  His twin brother Remi has been called up from Rapids 2 along with Vargas (for his fourth and final time).  Who plays forward with no Cabral, Yapi, or Rubio?  Beats me.

Yeah, I'm just throwing darts at this point.  With the work load and the injuries just getting 11 players on MLS contracts to start is a challenge.  I won't expect to be anywhere close with my lineup.

Prediction: 2-1 loss, goal by Wilson.  Columbus has one of the better offenses in the league but their defense is questionable.  Wilson gets his head on a Ronan corner to score, but we can't possess the ball and the waves of attacks are too much to deal with, leading us to another loss.