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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Here is the fourth episode of Memories From Toronto. This week, Red speaks to Technical Director Paul Bravo.
Bravo played for the Rapids in the 1990s and was a part of that team that made MLS Cup 1997. He served in the Rapids Front Office from 2009 to 2016. We discuss his time at the club, his philosophy as a member of the FO, and his much discussed relationship with Head Coach Gary Smith.
Get ready to learn the behind the scenes details on some key player acquisitions, his post-MLS time at the club, and why he listened to classical music alone while watching home games. This is some classic HTHL inside baseball (soccer) content. Some of this is information Bravo has not previously discussed openly. Enjoy and be informed, High Liners.
Check out previous episodes of Memories From Toronto here.
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Happy Holidays Rapids fans. Goodness it was a busy week for MLS. Holding The High Line podcasts to discuss the 2025 Rapids SuperDraft that was as well as the following:
The Colorado Rapids MLS regular season and preseason schedule. MLS releasing all the GAM totals for each team and what it says about the Rapids, with backend accounting from Rabbi. For Denver FC getting close with NWSL expansion and why they beat Cleveland and Cincinnati per Red. The Leagues Cup schedule and what it means for MLS teams in U.S. Open Cup. Wayne Brant and Lalas Abubakar leaving the club. Also, we pour one (nonalcoholic drink) out for Mitch Carroll who was laid off by DNVR/ALL CITY. Jasper Löffelsend went to San Diego FC in the Expansion Draft. Then we do Ask HTHL.
This week was such a mess we forgot about Miguel Navarro transferring. You probably did too.
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Note: We had some errors in this episode. Colorado will host the second leg of the first round of Conca Champions, not the first. Also, Matt might have said eight figures instead of seven figures when referring to Miguel Navarro's purchase option.
Happy Holidays Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, there is so much news.
The guys banter about LA Galaxy winning MLS Cup and how that changes how we feel about the Rapids losing to them in the first round of the playoffs. We then discuss Colorado acquiring FC Cincinnati center backs Chidozie Awaziem and Ian Murphy. Also, Colorado getting all of Philadelphia Union draft picks for three years is the most MLS trade ever.
We then preview the upcoming SuperDraft, discuss the future of past Rapids draft picks, and Sam Bassett hype! Oh, there's a few guys exposed in the MLS Expansion Draft. Red has some scoops on Miguel Navarro potentially staying with Talleres on the purchase option and Andreas Maxsø potentially going to the Middle East.
We end the show with some offseason Ask HTHLs. Oh, and Colorado drew LAFC in Conca Champions.
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Happy Thanksgiving Rapids fans! We've got a lunch-hour shotgun solo podcast for you this week. Red is still overcoming a cold, so apologies for my horse voice which makes me sound like a chain smoker. We've got Colorado Rapids roster news.
First Matt celebrates Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC for winning the USL Championship on Saturday morning. The he touches on Chris Armas finishing third in voting for Coach of the Year.
Then we get to Rapids roster news. Keegan Rosenberry, Oli Larraz, Nate Jones, and Calvin Harris had their options picked up. Lalas Abubakar, Mike Edwards, and Sebastian Anderson all had options declined but are in negotiations. Ethan Bandré and Rémi Cabral had their options declined. Jonathan Lewis is a free agent. I discuss.
Then we touch on some key offseason dates. Mark your calendars for December 10-11 for the Concacaf Champions Cup draw and the Expansion Draft for San Diego FC. The SuperDraft is December 20.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we've got some USL news. Rabbi and Red banter about the MLS Cup Playoffs and we acknowledge the election.
The we talk all things USL in Colorado. Northern Colorado Hailstorm have been kicked out of USL League One. There's a bunch of rumblings about construction delays for their stadium, the financing behind ownership, and the USL not paying them for their Jägermeister Cup win. We discuss everything that's been reported publicly and what it means.
Then we give some props to Colorado Springs Switchbacks. They are hosting the USL Championship Final on Saturday. Matt discusses covering the Western Conference Final against Vegas. They've built something great in the Springs as well. Oh, and first-year manager James Chambers (Chambo) absolutely roasted Red in post game media.
Then we discuss how Colorado Rapids have done with fans since the walkout in September 2023. How much of this just comes down to the on field product? What's Chris Armas done to endear himself with the fanbase? What might happen at DICK's this winter? What else do we need to see from ownership?
Also, here's Rabbi's latest edition of Back Pass, breaking down the 2024 Rapids by the numbers.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, we've got some election distraction content. Rabbi and Red talk after the Colorado Rapids LA Galaxy Game 2 in which the Rapids lost 4-1.
We recap how injuries to Cole Bassett and Djordje Mihalović hampered the Pids in this series with the Gs. We give some kudos to Oli Larraz for another big goal in a big game. Chris Armas took a big risk with the formation change, what he called (mostly) a 3-4-3. It worked and we might be excited to see it next year. Regardless, the Rapids came up short. We discuss what went wrong, what it says about the club, and what it means going forward.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Well, that first playoff game didn't go well at all. Rabbi and Red get together to discuss how Colorado Rapids lost at LA Galaxy 5-0 and what they can do to try and win their must-win game on Friday. The season's on the line. Also we talk the updated MLS player salaries. Apologies for all the baseball references, Rockies fans.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, we talk about playoffs? Playoffs!? We talk about PLAYOFFS!? Rabbi and Red discuss all things Rapids Galaxy Leg 1.
We banter about Inter Miami and Seattle Sounders "qualifying" for the Club World Cup. Also, KSE's doing a whole arena district development around Ball Arena and yet there's no movement on Victory Crossing or changes with DICK's.
The guys break down that Decision Day loss to Austin FC. How much did Djordje Mihailović's ankle sprain tank the game? What positives are there to take away? What else went right and wrong for Colorado that night that caused them to finish 7th and face the Gs? Adam Beaudry's MLS debut though. We discuss.
Then we preview the Best-of-Three series with LA Galaxy. Kévin Cabral against his former team. Colorado with several players trying to come back from injury. How will Colorado approach these games? What can they do against Puig, Pec, and that counter attack? How do they get a result this Saturday? We have thoughts.
Also, we bring up Rabbi's latest edition of Back Pass and Matt Doyle's playoff tiers article.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it's MLS D-Day 2024. We have a full Rapids Decision Day preview.
Rabbi and Red start the show off bantering about the start of the Poch Era for the USMNT. It was not great. But also it wasn't Zack Steffen's fault! Get well soon Zaddy. Then we discuss a new NWSL team launching and getting it totally wrong.
The guys talk all things Decision Day. How will Austin FC look with an interim coach in a lame duck game? Diego Rubio revenge tour? What are the seeding scenarios for Colorado? What should fans look for with the Houston and Minnesota games? Also, will the Rapids end up playing Seattle or RSL and which would be a better match up? We have answers to all this and more.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it was a rough double loss week for the Pids.
Rabbi and Red banter about the international break. The Mauricio Pochettino Era is here for the USMNT. Zack Steffen made the squad. We discuss the state of the U.S. goalkeeper pool, how Steffen earned being included, and his Post Shot xG.
Then we break down the 3-1 loss to LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders. Colorado had issues with counter attacks. The performance got better from Wednesday to Saturday. Is this team feeling fatigued? How much are they missing Cole Bassett and Kévin Cabral? What does this all mean for Decision Day and the MLS Cup Playoffs? We discuss.
Here's Red's conversation with Sounder At Heart, where we discuss Zack Steffen's numbers in more detail.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it's a big week for the Rapids. We banter about Red winning an MLS Community Award. Then we discuss a huge double home game week.
Rabbi and Red break down what went wrong against Minnesota United. How similar was this to the loss to Sporting KC? Is it time to panic? What does this loss mean? Then we look ahead to two big home games against LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders.
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Jambo Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, Red is back from Tanzania! Oh and the Colorado Rapids make playoffs!
Matt and Mark banter about Matt's trip with Engineers Without Borders to build a toilet at a primary school in Tanzania. We recap what went wrong at Sporting KC and what does and doesn't concern us. Big F-ing Mike Edwards opening his account with an off-foot back heel though. Then we move onto to the win over Toronto FC. The Rapids qualified for the playoffs and got big goals from Djordje Mihailovic and Reggie Cannon.
We look ahead to another potential litmus test game against Minnesota United, huge loon statue and all. There's a good Ask HTHL about former Rapids players playing elsewhere in MLS. Learn more about Engineers Without Borders here and the NGO Africa School Assistance Project here.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans! Surprise, we have an episode during the international break! The week before Labor Day, Red spoke with Federico from MLS Soccer Italia about the Pids. We discuss the team's tremendous turnaround from 2023 to 2024. We also talk supporters culture, DICK's and more given the Pids are an MLS original and paved the way for MLS expansion teams from tomorrow.
Most of this information you already know. But it's refreshing to hear that someone new to the league and looking at it from a European perspective sees the value in the Rapids and wants to learn more. Enjoy.
Also, here's that episode with legendary Italian Rapids fans, Lino De Rosa.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it's the international break. Also Red's going on the engineering equivalent of international duty. The guys talk about that Darren Yapi winner among other things.
Rabbi and Red banter about quidditch and soccer team names. We do Good Thing, Bad Thing, Big Thing on the win over FC Dallas. It was a lot of meh and a game of moments. Leagues Cup energy for sure for the Burgundy Boys.
Then we preview the home match against Portland Timbers. That will be after the international break. Do the Timbers own the Rapids? Are they their Kryptonite along with LAFC? Or does this just come down to who the hope team is?
We finish talking the Zack Steffen USMNT snub?
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, MLS is back! Happy Birthday Chris Armas! Rabbi and Red recap how the Pids found a way to beat Philadelphia Union. How about Zack Steffen best goalkeeper?
We discuss the game of two halves, big goals from Oli Larraz and Calvin Harris. Then of course, the penalty shoot out. Mark talks about what it means that the Pids are back in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
Then we talk FC Dallas. They've gotten a new coach bump but got grouped in Leagues Cup. There's some injuries to consider. Weird things happen in Frisco, Texas and weird things happen on Phish Dick's weekend.
Also, Matt shaved his head.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. On this episode of Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red are masculine melancholy. The Pids lost at LAFC again, this time 4-0. We recap this Leagues Cup Semifinal. Then we have a Leagues Cup Third Place preview.
Mark has a voice note on that 4-0 loss to LAFC with some group therapy recommendations. Red discusses how Leagues Cup has been productive and successful regardless what happens this week. Then we look ahead to a beatable Philadelphia Union. Concacaf Champions Cup is still in reach. This LC run has been uplifting and fun. Can the Pids make it competitively significant?
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans and UP THE ****ING PIDS! This week on Holding The High Line, THE RAPIDS beat Club America! Rabbi and Red banter about Moïse Bombito officially going OGC Nice. Check out our special exit interview with Moïse here.
Then we bask in the joy of that win over America. The game plan worked and the players executed it very well. Colorado still played like the smaller team at times. It was another 50/50 game they found a way to win. We relive the penalties heroics from Zack Steffen AGAIN. Liga MX fans are coping and maybe finally seeing the excuses MLS fans made for years during the Conca Champions.
They we've got a really good Ask HTHL on comparing Chris Armas to Coach Lasso. We preview LAFC as Colorado look to get their first ever result at BMO Stadium. Kei Kamara is still there. Olivier Giroud is available. There could be no more fitting test for the Rapids than to finally go on the road to the black and gold and try and win. They've played six road games against LAFC and lost all of them. Total score 17-2. Perhaps this is the way that streak has to end? One final exorcism to make their first final since 2010?
Also we do a Rapids history side quest. Here's the link to that World Soccer Talk article.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans. It's a bittersweet day. The club has confirmed Moïse Bombito has officially transferred to OGC Nice in France. We put together an anthology of interviews from Bombi's time at the club to reminisce on his journey. The episode ends with the Moïse Bombito Exit Interview set up by the club. See the time stamps below for detains on which interviews are when in this podcast.
4′: Post-SuperDraft Interview with Matt Pollard. Previously featured on HTHL.
14′: A phone call with Brendan Ploen, then of the Denver Post and Matt Pollard upon his first callus with Canada. We discuss his pre-Rapids soccer journey.
33′: The LAFC postgame presser. He scored on his birthday with his mom in attendance. Colorado won 3-2.
39′: Exclusive interview the morning of the second leg of the Rocky Mountain Cup.
46′: Post-training interview, his first media availability after Copa America and the MLS All-Star Game.
54′: Rapids Exit Interview.
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Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line a second Darren Yapi goal has gotten the Rapids to a Leagues Cup quarterfinals. We banter about the return of the Premier League and the USMNT reportedly hiring Mauricio Pochettino. Then we talk Leagues Cup. The guys discuss the standout performances, issues, and big things from that 2-1 win over Toluca.
Then we discuss that Moïse Bombito transfer. Matt's got some scoops on the details of the move. We break down what this means for the Rapids the rest of this season, Bombito going forward, and the finances. Then we transition into talking the greater Rapids transfer window which was too quiet. They've known about the needs at center mid and winger for weeks. Yet they made no movies.
Lastly, Mark's got the scouting report on Club America. Oh and here's Matt's feature on Oli Larraz if you haven't read it.
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