Moving to DC next week, so this is my last Rapids home game in a while. Looking forward to it. Rapids: - Suspended: None - Suspended after next caution: None - International duty: None - Injury Report: OUT: F - Jack McBean (foot/toe injury), M - Sam Nicholson (back injury), D - Danny Wilson (back injury); QUESTIONABLE: D - Kortne Ford (knee injury), D - Edgar Castillo (hamstring injury) Projected Starting XI (4-4-2, right to left) GK: Tim Howard — Kortne Ford, Tommy Smith, Axel Sjoberg, Deklan Wynne — Bismark Boateng, Jack Price, Kellyn Acosta, Johan Blomberg — Shkelzen Gashi, Dillon Serna FCD: - Suspended: None - Suspended after next caution: None - International duty: None - Injury Report: OUT: D - Kris Reaves (left foot stress fracture), F - Cristian Colman (torn ACL) Projected Starting XI (4-2-3-1, right to left) GK: Jesse Gonzalez — Reggie Cannon, Matt Hedges, Reto Ziegler, Marquinhos Pedroso — Victor Ulloa, Carlos Gruezo — Michael Barrios, Maxi Urruti, Santiago Mosquera — Dom Badji Officials: Referee: Christopher Penso Assistant Referees: Jeremy Hanson, Peter Balciunas 4th Official: Baldomero Toledo VAR: Caleb Mendez
Not as many as many of those who post here would like. One will be Boli who I believe was signed for just this season. Otherwise, many of the players were brought in last winter and didn't produce will be back.
Nana waves Wynne forward and hits him with a pinpoint cross-field pass. Wynne can't control it and Dallas takes the ball away.
Hairston beats Lamah to the ball by a split second and the original call of PK is reversed. That's what VAR is for.
Watching Wynne tip-toe up to Cannon and then lose the ball to him...Wynne is just not good enough. USL level at best.
Hell of a finish to the game, Smith and Bassett's goals where beautiful. Made the drive up and back worth it!
Wasn't at the match today. Saw bits and pieced beginning around the time Bassett scored. Any more thoughts on how he played as a whole and how much of an impact he might make next season?
That was a nice end to the season. The first 60-70 minutes were the dreadful dreck we've become accustomed to. Neither team seemed to care much and the stadium was half empty and dead. Nice the Rapids started caring. Enzo had a big effect as he hustled like he usually does and got forward on the wing. It was still a horrible year but it was nice to go out and go to the "shirts off their back" ceremony on a win.
For those of you who missed today's service: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/28/colorado-rapids-fans-hold-wake https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfVNw1HdVY/
So did C38 behind the goal walk out? I noticed the south stands were empty and everyone seemed up on the concourse above.
There were issues between security and the Mile High Lokos sub-group in C38. Its unclear (I've heard about 3 different stories) why Argus wouldn't let the Lokos into the section but in solidarity everyone went up to the concourse to join the Lokos up there. Specifically it was not a walkout in protest of the team or the FO, it was an impromptu response to heavy-handed security.
He did some fancy things in his first appearance, and it seemed barely ever touched the ball with 40 yards of goal after that.
I'm no scout, so I don't know. He doesn't seem terribly gifted physically--he's quite small and not obviously waterbug quick to make up for it. He needs to get stronger, as you'd expect of a 17 year old. So there's that--that likely limits his ceiling. Then again, if Leon Britton without many obvious physical assets can be a key member of mid table EPL midfield, he can still be pretty good. (Never mind Xavi, but I won't go there.) He was non terrible out there and his awareness on the field seems pretty good. Given his age that's impressive. He passes quickly and doesn't do the horrible thing so many Rapids have done over the years--receive ball-clunk-turn to look-pause-pass. On the downside, the Rapids were again useless for most of the game when it came to moving the ball and he had to have been a part of that. To return to his physicality, he had the juice left to make a run into the box out of the midfield in the 80th minute to take the pass from Enzo. How many times have we seen the Rapids finally get someone in a position on the wing to make an actual cutback and then there's no one there.
1/3: Regarding Saturday's game, C38 vacated 117 due to an incident with security that had nothing to do with the team, the season, or the Rapids as a whole. #Rapids96— Centennial 38 (@C38sg) October 30, 2018