{"id":14119,"date":"2018-04-13T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=14119"},"modified":"2018-04-13T01:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T05:36:48","slug":"johan-blomberg-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/04\/13\/johan-blomberg-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding The High Line: Surprise Johan Blomberg Interview!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast &#8211; Hello Rapids Fans! Today, Red sits down for a special and slightly off-topic Johan Blomberg interview. We talk about playing in Sweden, what it was like playing for AIK, his first impressions of Major League Soccer, and much more. We also have some fun similar to the Enzo Martinez interview last week, talking about skiing, Zlatan, and what weapon he would take into battle to defend Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods Park.<\/p>\n<h1>Episode 12: Surprise Johan Blomberg Interview!<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/33173196\/#time-0&amp;darkOrLight-Light&amp;shownotes-ffffff&amp;shownotesBackground-8c001a&amp;download-8c001a&amp;downloadBackground-ffffff&amp;subscribe-ffffff&amp;subscribeBackground-8c001a&amp;share-8c001a&amp;shareBackground-ffffff\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this for your Friday commute or on the way to the stadium for Saturday&#8217;s match against Toronto FC. Hit up the Centennial 38 tailgate for HTHL Office Hours. Rabbi and Red will be there from 11:30 AM &#8211; 12:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/tag\/holding-the-high-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holding The High Line<\/a> with Rabbi and Red is a soccer podcast centered around the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/rapids\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Rapids<\/a> of Major League Soccer. The show aims to provide analysis based coverage and commentary of <em>the Pids<\/em> and have some fun while doing so. We record weekly-ish.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the show on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/holding-the-high-line-with-rabbi-and-red\/id1342392027?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen?u=0#\/ps\/Ih6k4dg7vftmm4fjy32gdjpbh3a\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/holding-the-high-line\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blubrry.com\/rapids96_holdingthehighline\/31010358\/holding-the-high-line-with-rabbi-and-red-episode-1-pilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blubrry<\/a>. Follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rapids96podcast\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@rapids96podcast<\/a>. You can also email the show at <a href=\"mailto:rapids96podcast@gmail.com\">rapids96podcast@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/author\/matt-pollard-featured-columnist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Pollard<\/a> is the Managing Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Soccer<\/a> and engineer by day. A Colorado Convert, he started covering the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/category\/rapids\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Rapids<\/a> as a credentialed member of the press in 2016, though he&#8217;s watched MLS since it started. When he&#8217;s not watching or writing about soccer, he&#8217;s being an outdoorsman (mostly skiing and hiking) in this beautiful state, trying a new beer, or traveling for work. For some reason, he thought that\u00a0starting a podcast with Mark was a good idea and he can&#8217;t figure out how to stop this madness. He also hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/tag\/last-word-sc-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word SC Radio<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOSMattPollard\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LWOSMattPollard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/author\/mgoodman\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Goodman<\/a>, aka the <em>Rapids Rabbi<\/em>, moved to Colorado in 2011. Shortly thereafter he went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickssportinggoodspark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dick&#8217;s Sporting Goods Park<\/a>, saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lee-nguyen\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee Nguyen<\/a> 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 MLS or coaching U8 soccer, he&#8217;s generally studying either Talmud or medieval biblical exegesis. Which explains why he watches so much MLS, probably. He writes about the Rapids for <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundmls.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Around MLS<\/a> and covers the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/author\/mgoodman\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Riverhounds<\/a> of the USL for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Soccer<\/a>. He also writes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americansocceranalysis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Soccer Analysis<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rapidsrabbi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@rapidsrabbi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast &#8211; Hello Rapids Fans! Today, Red sits down for a special and slightly off-topic Johan Blomberg interview. We talk about playing in Sweden, what it was like playing for AIK, his first impressions of Major League Soccer, and much more. We also have some fun similar to the Enzo Martinez interview last week, talking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1044,"featured_media":13865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,119,42],"tags":[35,1653,1845,57],"class_list":["post-14119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rapids","category-mls","category-podcasts","tag-colorado-rapids","tag-holding-the-high-line","tag-johan-blomberg","tag-mls"],"modified_by":"Matt Pollard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}