Movers & Shakers

 

The scores of the last 6 games the Earthquakes have played have been 1-5, 1-1, 1-7, 0-0, 1-1, and 1-6.  That's 5 goals for San Jose and 20 against.  One of those 1-1 score lines was our game in San Jose.  Almeyda has the Quakes playing a man marking system they're not up to playing and they're getting run.  The Rapids need to add to their misery tomorrow.  Play our fittest, fastest guys and make them work at altitude.  Kickoff is at 7pm and yes, still on Altitude.

This assumes Wilson's and Namli's knocks they picked up this weekend are enough to keep them from starting tomorrow.  If they're able to go Wilson goes in for Moor and Namli for Lewis, with Shinyashiki moving to the left.  Expect us to play an un-tempo high-press game as we try to beat the Quakes man-making system and run them out of gas at elevation.

Prediction: 3-1 win, goals by Bassett, Rubio, and Lewis.  I think, even on short rest, the Rapids can punish San Jose at home.  While they hang in for a while, getting a goal to keep things interesting, we put it away with a late goal.