A Much Needed Three Points

The Rapids continued their streak against the Galaxy on Saturday night, its now 8 games against the LA side without a loss.  Colorado came out and controlled the game early, going up 1-0 before the Galaxy got a shot on frame, and almost going up 2-0 before VAR waved it off.  Yarbrough made one big save and that's all the Rapids would need to win the game and get back in the playoff hunt.

Random Musings:

• Great start out of the gate with Zardes getting a good look at goal in the first 10 minutes, only for an LA defender to clear it off the line.
• Danny Wilson had a great match and it started early with covering for a teammate's bad giveaway and taking away a golden opportunity for LA.
• A quick hit on the counter for the Rapids opening goal.  Zardes doesn't show up on the scoresheet but he dragged a couple of defenders into the box, leaving the lane open for Lewis to setup Rubio for the long shot.
• Colorado had a quick second with a Zardes header off a corner kick but VAR waved it off.  Lots of confusion about this call.  Rosenberry was clearly offside when Zardes headed the ball, and the call was he interfered with the keeper's view of the ball.  On replay it seems a bit ticky-tack but I can't call it a bad call.
• The second goal was Lewis capitalizing on a bad LA giveaway and a nice backheel to set up a Zardes goal that counted this time, and put the game away.
• Ralph Priso got his first start since the trade and had a good argument for man of the match in the first half.  Obviously a small sample size but you can see why Fraser wanted him in the MLA deal.  He came off at half because he wasn't fully fit yet, especially at altitude.
• Always good to see Drew Moor get time.  I have to double check but I think we've never given up a goal after he's come on as a sub since he returned to the team in 2020.
• The Bodmer Line is down to 1.43 pts/game, 1.71 if we want to feel confident about our chances.  Still a big hill to climb but achievable if we play like we did Saturday night.
• Next up, a trip to my hometown of Seattle.

Man of the Match: Gyasi Zardes.  There are plenty of candidates from this game.  Wilson, Lewis, Yarbrough, Rubio, and Priso all made cases for themselves.  I went with Zardes though because he essentially scored two goals and had an unofficial assist on the other one.  Its the type of game we were expecting when we acquired him.