Bomb Cyclone Reschedule

This is the makeup game that was cancelled due to our bomb cyclone in April.  Much better weather is expected in Commerce City tomorrow night.  We're already hearing some whining from Sounders fans for having to play during an international break with 10 callups, but in reality the number of available dates for a reschedule was fairly low with this compressed season.  The Rapids are going to be missing 5 players to callups themselves, including both starting strikers.

I'm also expecting a large Seattle travelling presence tomorrow, at least if you go by Sounders Atlantic writer Matt Pentz.  You remember him, he;s the one who called out the Rapids fanbase for not travelling to Seattle for the second game of the season.  Well, now its time for the Seattle fanbase to put up, or for Pentz to shut up.  One person who traveled further than any Sounder for tomorrow's game is long-time Italian Rapids fan Lino de Rosa, who will be attending his first ever Rapids game in person after flying in to Denver this afternoon.  For the last 6+ seasons Lino has been getting up in the early hours in Italy and watching streams of the Rapids game, now he finally gets to see them live.  He'll also be out at the tailgate tomorrow, which starts at 4pm.  The game is on Altitude at 7pm for those of you who can't make it and still get Altitude, but I'm guessing that's a small number at this point.

Injury Report:
OUT: D Kortne Ford; D Deklan Wynne
QUESTIONABLE: GK Tim Howard

International Call-Ups:
D Seb Anderson (U.S. U-17s); M Cole Bassett (U.S. U-20s); F Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone); F Diego Rubio (Chile)

Tim Howard is currently in New Jersey being honored on his retirement by the U.S. National Team before USA-Mexico tonight, so safe bet he's actually out (or "called up" in some ways) for this one.  All four of our international absences got solid playing time with their teams over the last couple of days, with Anderson and Kamara getting a start, Rubio being a halftime sub, and Bassett scoring for the U-20s (I don't know if he started or subbed in).  Also D Abdul Rwatubyaye, who's been on loan in the Springs all season, was called up for Rwanda and started in their World Cup Qualifier this week (Kamara's game was also a WCQ).

This assumes we go with the 4-5-1 we used in the second half last week and most of the season.  If we go with the 5-3-2 we started in last week then I see Lewis and Shinyashiki up front and Serna at wingback in place of Wilson.

Prediction: 1-0 win, goal by Lewis.  I think both teams are going to suffer offensively with their international absences, but the Rapids have their full defense available while the Sounders are signing emergency callups from the USL for their left back.  That will be the difference in what will be a low-scoring game.