Holding The High Line, a Colorado Rapids Podcast

The Rapids missed the playoffs agains. We discuss the offseason to come including Pádraig Smith's future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Yes, Holding The High Line recorded on election night. This week, it's Pid Save America and a Decision Day Preview. Rabbi and Red banter about the election and the Rapids sprint season schedule. Then we take a step back and look at last week's two games. We found some trends in that 2-2 draw against San Jose Earthquakes and the 2-4 loss vs Chicago Fire. We connect that to a general trend we've seen the last few months. Matt's got some criticism. Mark's got some good news. Oh and we do a rant on attendance after the final home game. Then we look ahead to Decision Day. Colorado Rapids are at FC Dallas. We discuss that game tactically in a vacuum. We look at the other games that matter for Colorado's playoff homes. We discuss playoff clinching scenarios. Oh and here's Mark's latest HTHL article on expectations. Read it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, the Pids won a game! And Denver Summit are still alive in the NWSL playoffs! Rabbi and Red banter about MLS Halloweekend and a minor update to the Commerce City vs KSE Victory Crossing saga. We recap a win over Vancover Whitecaps. What did we think of Morgan Whittaker as a false 9? How about Oli Larraz making his return to DICK's? And what does this all mean for the playoff race? Oh, and we've got some good news about the regular season schedule and Decision Day. Matt gives some updates to player injuries. Then we look ahead to the final double game week of the season. It's San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday. They're ok and also dealing with a bunch of injuries. Then we look ahead to the final home game of the season against the interesting and talented Chicago Fire. Oh and check out Keith Richard's feature on Donavan Phillip. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, the Pids finally got a result at Providence Park. Rabbi and Red banter about whether an MLS player just won the Puskás. We compare soccer to Great British Bake Off. Then we discuss the 0-0 draw at Portland Timbers. Should we feel positive or negative about it? The underlying numbers were generally good. The eye test was meh, and it's been pretty meh recently. And yet, the race for the playoffs in the MLS Western Conference is unchanged. Then we look ahead to Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Matt of course wasn't allowed to do a prediction for this game. We talk about Oli Larraz, Vancouver's tactical approach, and what the Rapids need to do better. Ralph Priso gets his flowers. The schedule gets tuff starting this week. It's put-up or shut-up time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Welp, those two draws were no fun. Welcome to Holding The High Line group therapy. Red talks about his experience at NBC's Premier League Mornings Live Denver. He pulled a few strings and got to interview Tim Howard. We feature that audio at the end of the pod. Then we recap the 1-1 draw with San Jose Earthquakes and the 2-2 draw with Minnesota United. Rabbi breaks down at the Sayed Abu Farkhi violent conduct red card. The boys discuss big picture where this leaves the Pids in the playoff race. Are Sayed and Morgan Whittaker busts? And what do we think of the remaining schedule? We give Darren Yapi, Paxten Aaronson, Donavan Phillip, and Georgi Minoungou their flowers. Then we turn our attention to Portland Timbers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we've got a first. We preview two games with no previous game to recap. The boys banter as Erik Bushey leaves Colorado Rapids 2. Rabbi and Red discuss his Rapids legacy and what's next for R2. We preview San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday and Minnesota United next Wednesday. Matt breaks down both teams in detail. Mark discusses their recent form. We chat about how these are two very different teams and challenges for the Rapids. Mark wrote a really good article about whether this was a busy summer transfer window for Colorado or not. You can check that out here. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it's a different movie, with a worse ending. The Pids blew another two goal lead and this time lost. We talk about it. Rabbi and Red open the show discussing the Manchester City investigation news, 115 charges and all. We highlight other smart people who have said smart things about the matter. Then we break down the 3-2 loss to LA Galaxy. Yay Donavan Phillip. Nico Hansen had a terrible game, and it had been coming. We break down how this game was different in a good way compared to the draw to Seattle. We look big picture at what this stretch could mean for the season. Then we discuss Zackory Campagnolo getting loaned to St. Louis City. It says a lot about the goalkeeper roster management. The boys share their thoughts. Mark then threads a needle on the Sayed Abu Farkhi goal celebration and how we could feel about it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Happy autumn. G’mar chatima tova to Rabbi and all the Jews celebrating Yom Kippur. Mark is out so Braidon Nourse from Rocky Mountain Soccer Journal joins the show. We talk about Braidon's recent news breaking. We discuss the scoreboard being replaced finally, we think. Matt does a retrospective on that and Victory Crossing. They guys react to the club signing Akol Akon. We touch on the international window and Rapids 2 ending their season. Then we analyze what went wrong against St. Louis City in the Open Cup and Seattle Sounders. Matt Wells said and did some interesting things in both games We discuss the tactics against St. Louis and the Pids nickname. We break down the real issue the Rapids have. It's not home vs road or winning vs losing. It's reacting to conceding a goal. HTHL then previews LA Galaxy. Braidon does great work. You should follow him on social and check out RMSJ. His recent Janine Sonis feature and reporting on Moldy DICK's were great. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, Spencer Baldwin (Burgundy Wave, the Denver Post) joins the show. The trio breaks down the CF Montreal game. This 1-0 win marks a new club record, six wins in a row with six clean sheets. We discuss how this game was all too familiar. We give Donavan Phillip his flowers. We talk about Sayed Abu Farkhi and Morgan Whittaker making their debuts. Then we look ahead to the massive Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal on Wednesday. We discuss the ticket sales so far. Mark and Spencer discuss what to expect from St. Louis City. Matt has thoughts on the Rafael Navarro discourse. We all do lineup predictions. As a reminder, Rafael Navarro is cap tied and ineligible for the game. Then we look ahead to Seattle Sounders on Saturday. Also we talk about the Akol Akon. Credit to Braidon Nourse being first on this. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello Colorado Rapids fans. So the Colorado Rapids were really bad at Columbus Crew. Holding The High Line gets together on Labor Day to talk about it. We start with a discussion of how big next week's Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal is. It's the biggest Rapids game since when? It's the biggest home game since when? When was the last time the Pids were this close to winning a trophy? Then we try to make sense of the 3-0 loss at Columbus. Darren Yapi and Georgi Minoungou were bad. Nobody was on the same page. How bad was it and what does it all mean? Those visas can't come soon enough. We have new thought. Matt dug into the Rapids First Scorer Predictor. The boys then talk about Austin FC on Wednesday and CF Montreal on Saturday. Dante Sealy revenge tour? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.