PODCAST – Rabbi and Red preview the first leg of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Cup and analyze the 1-1 draw with Nashville SC. We also discuss replacement refs, Rapids 2 playing in the Open Cup, and Marko Ilić.
Holding The High Line: Rocky Mountain Cup Preview
Enjoy this Rocky Mountain Cup preview ahead of the third match weekend of the MLS season. Expect to learn whether the improved performance against Nashville is a blip or a trend. How is Oli Larraz doing in midfield? Is this the start of something for Calvin Harris? What is and isn’t working for Chris Armas so far?
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About Us:
Matt Pollard is an editor for Last Word on Soccer and an engineer by day. A Colorado Convert, he started covering the Colorado Rapids as a credentialed member of the press in 2016, though he’s watched MLS since ’96. When he’s not watching or writing about soccer, he’s being an outdoorsman (mostly skiing and hiking) in this beautiful state or trying a new beer. For some reason, he thought that starting a podcast with Mark was a good idea and he can’t figure out how to stop this madness. He also hosts Last Word SC Radio.
Mark Goodman, the artist formally known as Rapids Rabbi, moved to Colorado in 2011. Shortly thereafter he went to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, saw Lee Nguyen dribble a ball with the silky smoothness of liquid chocolate cascading into a Bar Mitzvah fountain, and promptly fell head over heels in love with domestic soccer. When not watching soccer or coaching his son’s U-8 team, he’s generally studying either Talmud or medieval biblical exegesis. Which explains why he watches so much MLS, probably. Having relocated to Pittsburgh in 2017, he covers the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL for Pittsburgh Soccer Now.
Photo Credit: John Babiak
