Columbus Crew vs Colorado Rapids MLS Regular Season Match – Wednesday, May 31, 7:30 PM – Lower.com Field Broadcast: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass, 97.1 The Fan, La Mega 103.1 FM Kickoff: 7:39 PM (per thecrewdotcom) Vitals: Columbus Crew 18 PTS / 14 G / 1.29 PPG | 5W-6L-3D | 26 GF / 20 GA / 6 GD | Last 5: L-L-W-D-L Colorado Rapids 12 PTS / 15 G / 0.8 PPG | 2W-7L-6D | 12 GF / 22 GA / -10 GD | Last 5: L-L-L-L-W Goal Leaders: Columbus Crew Zelarayan - 6 Morris - 3 Ramirez - 3 Amundsen - 2 Russell-Rowe - 2 Yeboah - 2 Colorado Rapids Abubakar - 2 Barrios - 2 Cabral - 2 Max - 1 Bassett - 1 Lewis - 1 Ronan - 1 Rubio - 1 Wilson - 1 Previous Meeting: MLS Regular Season August 13, 2022 @ Dick's Sporting Goods Park Columbus Crew 1, Colorado Rapids 1 The 4castNate Weather Update: Notes: Party by the Pitch pres. Land-Grant Brewing Company | Pre-match happy hour specials (of which I cannot seem to find details) If you think we suck, you should check out the jokers out in Colorado. They'll be without the services of Cabral (ha), but they're second best in the league for xG on corners (Nashville is #1). So we'll lose by five. Discuss. Secret-ish track. Really secret track.
Was going to make a joke about Zardes leading goals per minute in Austin to pile on, but then I realized watching the Crew make me sad. Karma doesn't like us harping on others' offensive woes.
Getting out ahead of the questions Friends, Crew Fans, Countrymen... Lend me your ears!There won't be any rail banners tonight but fret not! It's just the difficult logistics of a Wednesday match, nothing more.Can't wait to see y'all at either of our events tonight ahead of the game!#Crew96 | #VamosColumbus pic.twitter.com/OvU8joH0PK— The Nordecke ⭐⭐⭐ (@Nordecke) May 31, 2023
I still expect us to win despite conceding at least one set piece goal. We are at home and aggressive vrs a team on a short week who has been in bad form. Reminds me of the Miami gm. I don’t care what anyone says this is an absolute MUST WIN game. A loss would probably drain any confidence the players have at this point. With Matan out of the 18. I really hope to see Ramirez start up top with Cucho & LZ if that happens, I think we score at least 3 goals tonight
Off-season goals: Find Nordecke members who don't work weekdays who are willing to go in early to set banners up. (I'm assuming work is the reason for the difficult logistics. As we know, not everyone works Monday-Friday. Out of 3000+ people, I'd think there'd be a few who could pull duty for weekday games.)
A look at the Crew's Availability roster shows what could be a good starting line up (minus a couple forwards) OUT: Milos Degenek (ankle) OUT: Luis Diaz (back) OUT: Will Sands (knee) OUT: Gustavo Vallecilla (thigh) OUT: Josh Williams (ankle) QUESTIONABLE: Kevin Molino (knee) QUESTIONABLE: Eloy Room (knee) QUESTIONABLE: Alex Matan (thigh)
As of 12:28pm, there are FOUR parking spots left in the north lot. https://nordecke.com/index.php/product/supporter-hq-parking-5-31-23-limit-one-per-member/
Because of the EASE signage, you have to drop them lower, and I think there are issues with that. Way to solve: Crew could drill in some pipes or eye bolts on the stop and bottom. You attach the banners to a net using zipties through groumets. Clip carabiners (not the logo) to the net. Then clip them with the net to the pipe/eyebolts on both the top and bottom. You just have to roll it to store or display. It could help with the wind. A tall person may need to do this. Chris will yell at me to go to the next meeting.
I am on day three at Cedar Point. Will watch the second half of this game. We watched the first half at Nashville, and then we went to sleep due to needing to get up early for this trip. Hoping tonight’s second half favors Crew.
Godspeed. I can only imagine how exhausted you are after chasing three kids around the Point for three days. I'm tired after a few hours.
Markus is hitting all the big coasters this trip. Carigan is doing all the mid-tier stuff. Jules went on both kiddie coasters. Super memorable stuff. Moms are badasses. Also, a life achievement should be unlocked when you can get on all the kiddie rides with the kids. Those seat belts are a healthy life check.
Apparently Corkscrew had an issue where a piece fell off. Nobody was hurt this time, but given what happened to Dragster, you may want to ride it if you still can.
Our Guys In Gold 📋#Crew96 | @EaseLogistics pic.twitter.com/rtMsuP7fOo— The Crew (@ColumbusCrew) May 31, 2023