Colorado is out in LA tonight to face the Galaxy, but a number of their first teamers are scattered across the world on international duty. Farkhi is with Israel, Frederick is with Trinidad & Tobago, Minoungou is with Burkina Faso, and at least one report has Phillip with St. Lucia though the Rapids have not confirmed that. Combined with the injuries its going to take some work from Wells to get a result in this one. Kickoff from Carson is 8:30pm tonight.
Player Availability:
OUT: GK Zach Steffen (shoulder), M Wayne Frederick (Trinidad & Tobago), M Ted Ku-DiPietro (shoulder), M Youssef Maziz (leg), M Georgi Minoungou (Burkina Faso), F Mamadou Billo Diop (knee), F Sayed Abu Farkhi (Israel)
QUESTIONABLE: Donovan Phillip (St. Lucia)
Earlier this week The Voice St. Lucia had an article about the national team and the Nations League games where they listed Donovan Phillip as part of the team this window. But Phillip was not in the gameday lineup for their 2-0 loss to Barbados last night. That leads me to think that the Rapids worked out an arrangement with St. Lucia to keep Phillip for tonight's game and then release him, but we'll see when the Rapids gameday roster drops.
That's an ugly front 6. The only other option really is Alex Harris but I don't think that's going to be an improvement. I do not expect a shootout tonight.
Prediction: 0-0 draw. The Galaxy are a worse team than us in all aspects except player availability. But we have our full defense so I don't see either team scoring in this one. It might be pretty ugly in the attacking half for the Rapids though.
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