Holding The High Line: Switchbacks Season Preview With Brendan Burke

Hello Colorado Soccer Fans! This week on Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red have a Switchbacks Season Preview for you! We begin talking Concacaf Champions League, concussions substitutions, and Jeff Larentowicz retiring. Red goes over the two recent preseason games, a loss to RSL and draw to LA Galaxy.

Holding The High Line: Switchbacks Season Preview With Brendan Burke


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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