{"id":44193,"date":"2022-07-29T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=44193"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T15:17:23","slug":"colorado-rapids-var-and-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/07\/29\/colorado-rapids-var-and-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding The High Line: VAR and PRO shenanigans, RBNY preview, one week left in the window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PODCAST<\/strong> &#8211; Hello Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, we&#8217;ve got opinions on PRO and referees. The guys banter about club friendlies with foreign clubs. Matt mispronounces a word he heard from one of the Mummy movies in the process. We recap the loss at Seattle, the controversial VAR and PRO shenanigans, its ultimate irrelevance on the result, and more. Then we look ahead to Tuesday&#8217;s match with RBNY.<\/p>\n<h2>Holding The High Line: VAR and PRO shenanigans, RBNY preview, one week left in the window<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/88081517#darkOrLight-Light&amp;shownotes-ffffff&amp;download-862633&amp;subscribe-ffffff&amp;share-862633&amp;shownotesBackground-862633&amp;downloadBackground-ffffff&amp;subscribeBackground-862633&amp;shareBackground-ffffff\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blubrry.com\/rapids96_holdingthehighline\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holding The High Line<\/a> is an independent soccer podcast focused on the\u00a0Colorado Rapids of MLS and a member of the\u00a0Beautiful Game Network. If you like the show, please consider subscribing to us on your preferred podcatcher, giving us a review, and tell other Rapids fans about us. It helps a ton.<br \/>\nFind us wherever you get your podcasts. You can find a full list of pod catchers we&#8217;re on with links <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rapids96podcast\/status\/1088618690646425600?s=21&amp;t=2qWvv6zTlOeQkrBm82_nZA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on this Twitter thread<\/a>. For full transcripts of every episode, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/search.audioburst.com\/station\/Holding%20The%20High%20Line%20with%20Rabbi%20and%20Red?id=15404\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AudioBurst account<\/a>. 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If you like what we do and want to give us money, head on over to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rapids96podcast\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our page<\/a> and become a Patreon Member.<\/p>\n<h3>About Us:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/author\/matt-pollard-featured-columnist\/\" target=\"_self\">Matt Pollard<\/a> is the Site Manager 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\u2019s watched MLS since \u201996. When he\u2019s not watching or writing about soccer, he\u2019s 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\u2019t figure out how to stop this madness. He also hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/tag\/last-word-sc-radio\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word SC Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbimarkashergoodman.com\/soccer_rabbi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Goodman<\/a>, the artist formally known as <em>Rapids Rabbi<\/em>, moved to Colorado in 2011. Shortly thereafter he went to Dick\u2019s 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\u2019s U-8 team, he\u2019s generally studying either Talmud or medieval biblical exegesis. Which explains why he watches so much MLS, probably. 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