Currently the Rapids sit on 31 points with 4 home and 5 road games remaining. Realistically we probably need at least 16 points to feel comfortable with our playoff chances. That means even if we win all our remaining home games we still need 4 points from trips to 1st placed Philly, 8th placed Nashville who beat us at home already, last placed in the league DC, 6th placed Galaxy, and 2nd place Austin. I highly doubt we get points in Philly or Austin. So as you can see, dropping any points at home to Houston tomorrow night would be all but fatal for our playoff hopes. Do you see 6-7 points out of those remaining road games? I don't. Kickoff tomorrow is at 7pm, and the Altitude blackout count is at 8.
Injury Report:
OUT: M Ollie Larraz, M Jack Price, F Yaya Toure
Disciplinary Report:
ONE CAUTION FROM SUSPENSION: D Lalas Abubakar
There's been no official update to the injury report since Wednesday's game, so I have to assume Price is out again for this one.
I think Fraser probably wants to rest Wilson for this one, but the disaster on Wednesday with Vallecilla doesn't leave us many options other than Wilson and Abubakar. While Danny didn't play well, he was the better of the two starting CBs. If Priso doesn't start after what he brought to the play on Wednesday I don't know when he will (unless Price is back and starting). Everyone else needs to get through one more game before getting some rest.
Prediction: 2-1 win, goals by Rubio and Barrios. By any measure Houston is a worse team than us, and we're at home. The one thing against us is that Houston didn't play midweek and we did. Despite that I think Colorado bounces back from Wednesday and picks up the vital 3 points, just to keep us hanging on this season a little while longer.
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