Where Am I?

Miami

Four years in and Colorado is finally getting a chance to face Inter Messi...er...Miami.  The Rapids are off to the land of sun, sand, and bitchy little spies (Bruce Campbell, always quotable).  The good news is that Miami has a long list of missing players due to injury, the bad news is that officially Messi isn't onw of them.  Kickoff is at 5:30 tomorrow with the gang gathering at the Celtic, minus a notable number who made the trip to Florida.

BTW I didn't get a chance to update the Rapids 2 Open Cup match.  Northern Colorado won 3-2 in extra time after R2 levelled it at just before regulation ended.  The Hailstorm winning goal came int he last minute of the 30 extra, a real heart-breaker for RapiDos.

Player Availability:

OUT: M Jonathan Lewis (knee), M Jasper Löffelsend (hamstring), M Connor Ronan (knee)

QUESTIONABLE: D Keegan Rosenberry (thigh)

If Rosenberry can't go there will be some interesting decisions to make.  Do you move Bombito to RB and play Abubakar?  Give Seb Anderson the start?  Do something really surprising like put Larraz at RB and playing Diack?

I think Armas goes with the minimal disruption option, by pushing Bombito outside and bringing Abubakar in.  Otherwise we're going to see the same lineup we've been seeing, with possibly some juggling on the wings.

Prediction: 2-1 loss, goal by Mihailovic.  Miami is promoing that Messi is back for this weekend, so we're going to see him, and that's not good.  I wouldn't be surprised if its 30 minutes off the bench, but it could be 60 as a starter.  The Flamingos have scored more goals than any other team this season and while our defense has been solid after that first half in Portland, its certainly vulnerable.  Our offense isn't fixed yet, so I don't really see us getting out of Ft. Lauderdale with any points.