Rapids Lose, Again

Of course Badji would get his first goal since leaving the Rapids a season and a half ago when he was back at DSG.  And of course it would be in a 1-0 game.  Because that's exactly who the Rapids are at this point.  5 game losing streak.  Outscored 11-3.  xG all under 1.4.  We can't score goals so as soon as we give up 1 its all but over.  That's who the Rapids are, there's no hiding from it.

In Saturday's game it took a bad turnover from Rosenberry and Ronan failing to make a play (to be fair, it would have been a really good stop had he pulled it off) to leave our defense at 6's and 7's.  Cinci took advantage and it was 1-0.  But that happens.  What's worse is that the only two players with an xG over 0.1 were a rookie centerback (Bombito, 0.43) and a Rapids 2 winger on short term callup (Hanya, 0.15).  Oh, and neither one of those two got into the game until halftime.  Cabral, our $1.8 million player?  0.07.  Lewis? 0.03.  Ronan? 0.04.  Just not good enough.

Hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel right now.  We've got Columbus on the road on Wednesday, an greatly improved San Jose team at home on Saturday, then finally a whole week without a game before we take a long road trip to Orlando.  After that we get 10 days off and then a Wed.-Sat. with Vancouver and the Galaxy at home.  That might be a place where we could pick up a couple of wins but by then it will be too late.  The Bodmer Line is already over 1.5 now and as I said after the Open Cup loss, that number seems soft.

Man of the Match: Moise Bombito.  Easy pick when your CB is your best attacker.