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Three takeaways from the Colorado Rapids’ 3-1 loss to Minnesota United on Saturday night
Mark-Anthony Kaye was determined in his post-game interview Saturday evening that his group can transform points about.
The Colorado Rapids (2-2-3, 8 factors) dropped its 2nd succeeding video game in a 3-1 loss to Minnesota United and also have actually gained simply 2 points out of 12 in its last 4 video games. Colorado once again produced substantial opportunities and also struck the woodwork two times in the 2nd fifty percent however in a late spin for the 2nd week straight, the residence group discovered a greater equipment in the last quarter hr to snag the factors far from Colorado.
“We simply gotta stick together,” Kaye said. “It’s so early in the season, It’s so early in the season. You can’t start thinking ‘ah, we can’t come out of this.’ We’re six, seven games in, we’ll be fine.”
With Kaye’s belief in the team made abundantly clear, here are three takeaways from Saturday’s loss.
Defensive lapses costs Colorado three valuable points
The Rapids were so dominant for large stretches of the second half, particularly in the midfield. Jonathan Lewis obtained in brilliant spaces, Andre Shinyashiki and Diego Rubio had golden opportunities and the scoreline could have been different if not for Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair. From the 50th to 75th minute it was all Colorado.
When teams dominate for long periods and create numerous chances, defenses can lose focus and can be caught flatfooted when the game eventually shifts back the other way. That’s exactly what happened and it really didn’t have to.
On the go-ahead goal, Emanuel Reynoso, Minnesota’s talisman, was allowed to create. He found Hassani Dotson who was unmarked, as Lucas Esteves attempted to double-up Reynoso with Michael Barrios after Esteves was beaten by him in the Loons’ first-half goal. A hard, low-driven cross from Dotson and Robin Lod put it away. It was really poor goal to concede after such a strong period of play with no goals to show for.
The second goal came two minutes later as Colorado tried to push up for a second equalizer. Similar to last week at Dallas, the home team struck again as substitute Abu Danladi scored to put the game out of reach on a counterattack.
Yellow card party proves frustrating for Rapids
In the first half, Colorado soaked up a lot of pressure, but, when under the cosh, things got heated in a hurry. The Rapids were shown four yellow cards, three yellow cards and a red card initially shown to Jack Price which was rescinded thanks to VAR and changed to a yellow, in just nine minutes.
Lucas Esteves got a silly yellow in the 27th minute by kicking the ball away after St. Clair wanted to quickly restart play. Rubio fouled Reynoso in a “professional” way to prevent a counterattack. Then, oddly, William Yarbrough was shown one for time wasting while searching for options on a goal kick. Lastly, Price was shown yellow after video review saw he fouled Luis Amarillo from the side, not from behind like referee Chris Penso initially saw and gave a red, which was rescinded.
The whole experience rattled Colorado enough to concede the opener five minutes later.
“Listen, we’re pros, right? At soccer we try and do our job every day (to) the best of our abilities, same with the refs,” Kaye claimed. “Some days they have good games and some days they have bad games. That’s not a knock on the referees and I have a lot of respect for a lot of them. It’s just sometimes I feel like it gets out of hand.”
Colorado has 18 yellow cards on the year, the 15th-most in the league.
Hope still springs eternal as Colorado prepares for home
Despite the frustrating loss, Colorado will have a chance to end the rut next Saturday against expansion side Charlotte FC (3-5-0, 9 points, eighth in the East), followed by a big game against Portland Timbers.
Head coach Robin Fraser knows his task at hand. Find a way to steady the ship after going through an very early-period storm.
“We have to have that self idea that we are doing a number of things well,” Fraser said. “… We know that we have to be better and also have to know when to capitalize in those moments when we are on top of teams and also have obtained ’em pressed back.”
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2024 Colorado Springs Veteran’s Day Parade canceled
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – On Friday, the Colorado Springs Veterans Day board of directors said the annual 25th Veteran’s Day Parade was canceled.
The parade was originally scheduled for Nov. 2. The board of directors said they did not receive enough sign-ups to participate in the parade for it to go on.
They said they have seen a decrease in participation, spectators and sponsors since Covid.
“Since our first parade in 2000, we have not charged participants an entry fee, unlike most other community parades as we did not want our Veteran groups and participants to shoulder the expenses of paying for a parade meant to honor them and their service,” the board said.
They said they had reliable sponsors but needed more to assist with the funds associated with running the parade. They said they’ve seen an increase in costs for insurance, police support, waste removal and other services making the parade much more difficult to pay for.
The board did say they plan hold an event in 2025 to honor Colorado Springs Veterans, and they will share more detains as they continue to plan.
“We thank our all of our sponsors, participants, the military and the city in our previous efforts to run a great parade and we look forward to future support in recognizing our community’s veterans in 2025 and beyond,” the board said.
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Southern Colorado temperatures expected to heat up this afternoon with fire danger
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – FRIDAY: This afternoon temperatures will sit in the 70s and 80s with beautiful, sunny skies. There is a fire weather watch as temperatures stay above averages with dry and breezy conditions too.
WEEKEND: Saturday has possible record temperatures in the forecast again. Colorado Springs will see 80s again and Pueblo has possible 90s again. Wind speeds will stay elevated, so fire danger is still elevated. Good news though, Sunday is cooling down closer to seasonal averages, still with dry and clear skies.
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY: Temperatures continue to stay above averages, with afternoon highs will be in the 70s for Colorado Springs and 80s for Pueblo. Temperatures like these with mostly sunny skies continue.
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