League Home Opener? In Early March? Weather's Going To Suck.

Slightly better than this tomorrow, but not much

Forecast is calling for just above freezing temps in Commerce City at 4pm tomorrow, with a slight chance of snow.  So of course the Rapids are playing their home opener then.  Its Atlanta United in town for this one.  Based on our first 3 games this season, I'm not expecting a lot of fireworks but it will be good to get back into the swing of things.  That includes, of course, the C38 tailgate's return kicking off at 1pm.  And at 12:30 the U17 MLS Next team plays on the turf field outside the stadium and has asked for fan support.

Injury Report:

OUT: D Keita Aboubacar

Atlanta has 8 players questionable or out so they're a bit banged up coming into this one.  We've got a full week's rest after the ugliness in LAFC so everyone should be available to start other than Keita.

Determining our wingers can be a bit tricky right now, there are a few options and nobody has staked a claim to be an every game starter.  Lewis, Shinyashiki, and Acosta could all be in the rotation.

Prediction: 2-1 loss, goal by Max.  So far we haven't seen enough this season for me to predict getting any points against what's expected to be a good Atlanta team, even with their injuries and our altitude/cold advantage.  A draw would not shock me though.  I expect things to look better than last week but still come up short.