So the Rapids had a chance to finally get a win on Saturday night, but their inability to score once again cost them points.
Monday, June 5, 2023
Rapids Outplay San Jose, Can't Score
So the Rapids had a chance to finally get a win on Saturday night, but their inability to score once again cost them points.
Friday, June 2, 2023
One More Unto the Breech
Tomorrow night's match against San Jose is the last one before we finally get a full week of rest, can the Rapids summon up one last bit of reserve and find a win after so many losses? Its going to be tough against a much healthier Earthquakes side that broke its road winless streak on Wednesday in Seattle. Kickoff as always is at 7:30 and its looking like it will be wet for this one. The announcers tomorrow night are Mark Rogondino and Heath Pearce in English and Oscar Salazar and Maximiliano Cordaro in Spanish.
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Rapids Now Lead The Chase For The Wooden Spoon
Another night, another loss. There was some hope early with good work by Nicholson but in the end the Crew had more talent and got the three points. As expected the inability to possess the ball and be dangerous allowed Columbus to just send wave after wave of attacks at us (17 shots) and eventually we broke, multiple times.
To be fair, Colorado's offense looked better than expected early. The Crew controlled the game but kept making mistake after mistake to give the Rapids chances and Lewis and Nicholson were there to try to take advantage, but only Sam's early goal actually broke through. Columbus' center backs were quite poor all night but Colorado once again couldn't convert. They got a second with the final kick of the game by Bassett, one that will easily be up for Goal of the Week, but it was too little too late.
Now we move on to hosting San Jose, who just got their first road win in almost a year in Seattle last night. Our Bodmer Line is now higher than our season results every year other than 2016 and 2021. After the San Jose game we'll be at the midpoint of the season, and anything short of a win means we'll have our lowest point total at the halfway point. Its just not getting any better.
Man of the Match: Sam Nicholson, not just for the goal but his overall play was better than we've seen in a long time from him.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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.
Monday, May 29, 2023
Rapids Lose, Again
Of course Badji would get his first goal since leaving the Rapids a season and a half ago when he was back at DSG. And of course it would be in a 1-0 game. Because that's exactly who the Rapids are at this point. 5 game losing streak. Outscored 11-3. xG all under 1.4. We can't score goals so as soon as we give up 1 its all but over. That's who the Rapids are, there's no hiding from it.