A bit of roster news today before our game preview. Johan Blomberg was loaned to GIF Sundsvall in Sweden for the rest of the season, which will see out his contract. Safe to say he won't be offered an new one from the Rapids. Blomberg never found his place here, and this season the youth movement ate up any real playing time he's have in midfield.
So while he heads back to Scandinavia the Rapids head to Minnesota, which has one of the largest Scandinavian communities in the U.S. This will be Colorado's first look at Allianz Field, United's new home after playing at the University of Minnesota while it was being built. Game time tomorrow is 6pm and Fleming will have a guest color commentator for this one as Alan Gordon steps in for Marcelo Balboa.
Injury Report:
OUT: D Kortne Ford; D Deklan Wynne
QUESTIONABLE: GK Tim Howard
Disciplinary Report:
SUSPENDED: M Jack Price (yellow card accumulation)
ONE YELLOW FROM SUSPENSION: D Lalas Abubakar; D Danny Wilson; F Kei Kamara
There's been no updated injury report so I'm just going with the same one from Saturday. I really don't want Abubakar or Kamara to pick up a yellow in Houston and be suspended for the Rocky Mountain Cup so they need to either get it out of their system tomorrow or save it for SLC.
Really, a midweek game on the road with another road game on Saturday means anything could happen. I wouldn't be shocked to see a very B lineup rolled out there with a lot of normal starters rested for a potentially more winnable game in Houston on Saturday. I'm going with the idea though that we're going to just deal with the game in front of us and worry about Saturday after the fact.
Prediction: 2-1 loss, goal by Lewis. If this were a game on full rest we could see 5+ goals in the match with two of the better offenses in the league but on short rest I expect a more "normal" score. Minnesota is better than us though and I think they get the 3 points.
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