Holding The High Line: Rapids Playoff Elimination

Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, the season is over. Rabbi and Red recap the playoff loss to Minnesota United FC and Rapids playoff elimination. We then do our general 2020 Season Review.

Holding The High Line: Colorado Rapids Playoff Elimination

Red eats a pudding cup. Rabbi tries to make sense of Colorado’s season and the progress that was made in the context of the chaos that is 2020. We finish the show with a big segment of Ask HTHL.

We had some technical issues with this show. The audio quality isn’t great. We know what the problem was and it will not happen again. Apologies.

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About The Hosts

Matt Pollard (Red) and Mark Goodman (Rabbi) are Southern California natives and started HTHL in January of 2018. Red is the Site Manager over at Last Word on Soccer. He has covered the Colorado Rapids as credentialed press since 2016. In his non-soccer free time, he enjoys the outdoors. He is also a host on Last Word SC Radio which is also a member of the Beautiful Game Network. Rabbi relocated to the Pittsburgh area in 2019. He now covers the Pittsburgh Riverhounds for Pittsburgh Soccer Now and soccer in general for American Soccer Analysis.

Matt Pollard

Angelino, born and raised. Ginger Ninja. Tuba Player. Student of the games of hockey and soccer. Miami Hurricane. Resident Shakespeare of Last Word Soccer Club. Beat writer for Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy, and STLFC. LA -> Miami -> St. Louis-> Denver