Friday, June 21, 2024

Wait, They're Still In This League?


If you think its been a while since we've seen Montreal, it has.  5 years to be exact.  The COVID scheduling in 2020 and 2021 really threw a wrench into some of the cross-conference matchups.  Hopefully things settle out from here.  Colorado goes for a 9 point week tomorrow night in Commerce City.  It's a huge day of soccer starting with Fiji-Tahiti at 1am (FIFA+) and running through the Euros, Copa America, and into MLS tomorrow night.   Kickoff is at 7:30, so fit those two hours in-between the other matches!

Player Availability:
OUT: D Moise Bombito (Team Canada), D Jackson Travis (stress fracture)

Good to see KSB back from injury and Fredrick available as well.  I expect we see some rotation tomorrow but the spine of the team will likely need to find another 60 minutes or so to get through this week.


I think Keegan and Fernandez get rests off the start, and there will likely be quick hooks for Cabral, Navarro, Mihailovic, and Bassett.  The back-line doesn't have much depth right now so they're going to have to power through.  Ronan rotates with Larraz like we saw last Saturday.

Prediction: 2-1 goals by Navarro and Bassett.  Montreal's defense is one of the worst in the league (worse than ours) and had this been a game with normal rest I probably would predict us scoring 3 goals.  With the short rest and warm temps though I'm not sure we're going to be able to push for that third, or keep Montreal off the board.  A shutout would me more likely than 3 goals though. 

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