Keeper forward! Irwin had a good game. Still would like to see a replay of the MNUFC goal, seemed offside to me but wasn't clear.
Okay, fellow Rapids sufferers, tell me how a team with zero offense all game (I can’t remember the MN goalie making a good save) could take a sub into the locker room. MOM? I’m at a loss. Acosta had effort I guess.
Tough tough game. Kei wandered around a lot and couldn’t ever get in the game. Nicholson disappeared, and when he got the ball he tried to do much to stick it to his old team. Lewis had poor first touches all night and couldn’t do much with the ball when he had it. Acosta was all over the place. Smith had some stinkers. Hard to get anything out of a road game on short rest when players in key positions, and players you can normally count on, aren’t putting much up in the game.
Irwin did have a good match. Definite MOTM for me and probably the only Rapid I'd consider rating better than 5/10. Poor performance overall. Deserved, and too comfortable, win for MN. Hope it's not an omen for the rest of the road trip.
Update: Not offside thanks to Tommy Smith’s leg. Then Smith stops and Quintero is goooooone #Rapids96 #MINvCOL pic.twitter.com/rHdIxkWkwd— Burgundy Wave (@Burgundywave) August 15, 2019
Completely listless performance. Very reminiscent of the Rapids of old. Heavily out-possessed. Heavily out-shot. Space all over the field on defense. Constant emergency defending. Goalie standing on his head (GREAT game for Irwin). Virtually zero threat on offense. By the 30th minute it was clear we weren’t in the game. Ugly reminder of the all-too recent Rapids teams of the past. Still too Jekyll and Hyde for me.
Watched on delay. Game sucked. I thought the penalty was legit. He stiff armed him. Irwin played well though he got lucky when he punted s ball into of their guys back side. Acosta active. Team sucked. Missed Price?
Well, that stunk! That's a throwback Rapids game where the GK is the MOTM because he kept a 2-0 or 3-0 game at 1-0.
From the other side: I agree Irwin was your MOTM. We should have at least two more (Opara's header and something, anything from Danladi), not even including that horrible PK from Quintero. The thing that should make you nervous...after we made our third sub (Dotson for Quintero), I was sure this would be 12 minutes plus stoppage of last ditch defending with Mannone having to stand on his head (like he did against San Jose and the Open Cup semi against Portland) to keep it at 1-0. Not only did he not have to do that, we generated some of our best chances of the night. Without Rodriguez, Molino, Quintero or Toye. Oof.
Well that answers the question I had. I was out coaching and didn't see the match. I just saw the highlights on MLS.com and thought hey wait....DQ is offsides. Apparently not. Not even reviewed? Very surprised on that. Sounds like a lackluster, throwback Rapids match. Sounds like I should avoid the replay.
VAR reviews every critical play, but on an offside its either offside or not, there's no judgement. The FIFA rules on VAR allow the CR to just accept the VAR's ruling on offside without checking it himself. MLS has told the refs to go look at every overturned offside on the fieldside monitor in order to make it clear that they went to replay (and to "sell" the process I assume) but they don't need to go look at a non overturned call. In this case the call was correct, the VAR tells the CR "no offside, good goal, check complete" and there's no reason for the CR to look at it. This is different than a red card or PK call, which the VAR would say something like "we have a clear error here you need to review" and then the CR goes and looks at it to decide if he agrees that he made a mistake or that he still doesn't feel the foul rises to the level of a red/PK.
Nothing makes us nervous because we have no expectation of success and no hope of making the play-offs this season. Nervous next season will be bad also? Yes I guess there is that. I'd say good luck in the play-offs but I hate it when new'ish teams do well so I won't be rooting for you unless you play someone I hate. Entertain us I guess. And good luck if you play LA FCCityUnited, Seattle, or RSL in the play-offs. Cheers!
Bodmer Line: 17/9 = 1.889 PPG (points needed to snag last playoff spot at 43 point average divided by games remaining) Kroenke Line: 0/9 = 0.000 PPG (maximum points that can be earned to win the average Wooden Spoon at just over 26 points). The Spoon leader is currently on pace for 24.5 points. The Rapids are far off the pace for the Spoon, and it would take 0.000 PPG the rest of the way and FC Cincinnati increasing its performance to have any chance to catch FC Cincinnati. Hudson Line: = no longer in play, measuring the PPG needed to become the worst team in MLS history. The record is 16 points, still held by D.C. United (3-24-7 in 2013). All teams are over 16 points now. Rapids: 7-13-5, with 26 points in 25 matches = 1.040 PPG, on pace for 35.4 points for the season, after completing the worst first third of a season (2 points) in MLS history. Rapids: surrendering 2.000 goals per match (50 goals in 25 matches) on pace to surrender 68.0 goals for the season. The current MLS record is 74 goals allowed (Orlando City, 2018). The Rapids would have to surrender 2.778 goals per match the rest of the season (25 goals in 9 games) to be the worst defensive team in MLS history. Coaching comparison: Hudson: 0-7-2, 2 points, 0.181 PPG in 9 matches. 12 GF (1.333 avg), 24 GA (2.667 avg), Diff = -12 Casey: 7-6-3, 24 points, 1.500 PPG in 16 matches. 29 GF (1.933 avg), 26 GA (1.625 avg), Diff = +3 Lest we ever forget: Hudson’s all-time Rapids MLS regular season record: 43 matches as head coach, 8-26-9 record, 0.767 PPG; 48 GF (1.116 avg), 87 GA (2.023 avg), -39 differential.
I can't say that I was surprised by this match. Minnesota was a playoff-bound team, playing at home, and on a roll in home games. During the Hudson era, we would have been cheering it as a less awful loss and a possible sign of improvement. It's encouraging that we're not thrilled with the loss.
I didn't think the Loons player did anything wrong. I think the keeper has to hold up and go around him in that case. That's why I though what's-his-name was lucky.
My guess is a liberal interpretation of "preventing the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his hands".