Barring an unlikely playoff trip to the Great White North the Rapids game on Saturday was their only cross-border trip of the year. For the third time in their six road games they were held without a shot on goal in the 2-0 loss. Its hard to write a whole lot about this one that wasn't said about the St. Louis or LAFC games.
This isn't to discredit what Vancouver did. They took advantage of two good chances and finished them. But the Rapids had nothing going in this game. They're passing was atrocious and any semblance of an attack broke down as soon as we got near their box. The best chance all game was a 3 on 1 that Atencio managed to foul up by putting his pass behind Cabral. That's fine, because Cabral was giving us nothing and by no means should he be starting anymore.
I had hope that when Armas made the same subs around the 60th minute as he did against Charlotte that might kick us into gear, but not really. Moving Bassett back and Djordje into the middle did result in more shots than the first 2/3rds of the game but still no shots on goal. Really the highlight of this game, if there was one, was Vines getting back on the field for the first time.
Man of the Match: Sam Bassett, for getting his first MLS appearance and having the least to do with the whole mess.
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