The Rapids head to Boston led by their new British coach, Anthony Hudson, to take on the Revolution and their American coach, Brad Friedel. Hopefully the Revolution haven't stolen Fort Ticonderoga's cannons this week and surprise us with a better than expected attack in (or near) Boston! Game time for the season kickoff is an early 11:30am tomorrow. Fleming and Balboa will have the call on Altitude 2, as the avs start at 1pm on Altitude. Altitude 2 is channel 900 (sharing with Comcast Entertainment TV) on Comcast in the Denver market. Centennial 38 is hosting their annual kickoff party at the Celtic for the game tomorrow. Party starts at 10am at 14th & Market.
Player Availability:
Injuries:
OUT; D Kortne Ford (L MCL sprain)
Disciplinary:
SUSPENDED: D Axel Sjoberg (red card vs Seattle 2017)
Paperwork:
F Joe Mason (he may be cleared by game time but since he just joined the team in Boston I assume he's not ready)
New England had both of their starting central defenders red carded last week and they have one midfielder out and one questionable.
This is a lot of guess work based on what we've seen in preseason and in the CCL. We could see Wynne in stead of Watts, Boateng instead of Martinez, Gashi instead of McBean, or three or four other changes.
Prediction: 1-0 win, goal by Badji. The first goal we get this season will be the 900th in team history and I think Badji gets it tomorrow. This won't be pretty soccer but I like our defense and the Revs lack of the same. We get a win on the road to get our season off on the right foot.
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Regardless of the lineup - which should be interesting in its own right - it seems Hudson has been aiming for this match for at least a month, so it will be interesting to see how the side performs Saturday.
I really hope at least Aigner can go if not Gashi as well. That would seem to improve the odds of the Rapids scoring a goal.
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