P/in/P. Rapids host Whitecaps, Sat, Aug. 6

Another 8PM home game...is that for Canadian TV?

 

1-1 draw, goal by Badji. These two defenses are pretty much identical while Colorado has the home advantage and Tim Howard and Vancouver has a better offense. Those cancel out leading to 1 point and putting Rapids fans ever closer to the end of this long season.

http://view-from-the-couch.blogspot.com/2017/08/river-versus-ocean-in-high-plains.html

 

Presumably

 

It's dire when we are already looking forward to 2022. (That's the soonest August 6 falls on a Saturday).

 

1-0 rapids win

 

PRO's assignments:

REF: NIMA SAGHAFI
AR1: Matthew Nelson
AR2: Peter Balciunas
4TH: Armando Villarreal
VAR: Fotis Bazakos

Or the all-anagram PRO assignment list:

REF: FAMISH AGAIN
AR1: Town Laments, Eh?
AR2: Inescapable Rut
4TH: Real Vanilla Ramrod
VAR: Bazooka Fists

 

My first reaction to this match was "Oh, I thought they had another week off."

My second reaction: "Do I really want to watch this?"

My third reaction: "At least Vancouver can be fun to watch."

Yeah, it's down to that. I really don't care if the Rapids win or lose or draw. It's only another one of the endless, meaningless 2018 preseason friendlies. I can't stand the video replay rule. None of my friends wanted to pay money to watch the Rockies take extended batting practice against the Phillies. So it's down to "at least Vancouver has some players who are fun to watch."

Meh.

 

Based on his pregame diagram for the team, Pablo's on the same page.

 

Up in the mountains again this week, so won't see the game in person.

Question, though. Is Ford really not good enough to crack our starting lineup? Da Fonte does always makes me worried.

Rod.

 

The website has Gashi starting. So, out of the blue, he's starting?

 

Yeah, I don't get that. He has a future. Play him.

 

Rapids 1-0. Hairston finally scores.

 

shit D

 

Really close! Hairston almost scored. Instead Whitecaps 1-0 on Tchani shot off a partially cleared cross that no Rapid bothered to track down.

 

5', Tchani goal. And so it begins . . .

 

Balboa said Kendall Waston is not here for some reason related to getting a green card.

Confusing. Did he mean landed immigrant status up in Canada? It can't be that US visas qualify players to play for Canadian teams, right?

 

Oh yeah, Josh Gatt is on the team. I had forgotten.

 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL AXEL

 

Shock! Sjoberg ties it up with a volley off a deflected cross.

 

Sjoberg equalizer, 15'

 

We scored! Axel ties it up!

 

The sopping wet pitch is making defensive play interesting on both sides of the ball.