Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Pre-Game: DDC: Match 3 V Sporting KC

By Brendan "Dr Voice" Wyatt



It’s game three for the Colorado Rapids in the Desert Diamond Cup. With a draw and a loss it’s time for a win.  Wednesday’s opponent is Sporting KC, a team the burgundy boys always put up a fight against. Sporting KC played to a tie in their game against the Revolution as they too are making preseason adjustments having just waived midfielder Amobi Okugo. 
 
If you haven’t visited the Rapids website or been on twitter, than you’ve not seen Shkelzen Gashi in motion, but it’s happened. There was some shooting, and some running, and a little bit of some cheeky stuff. Will he get minutes? I would like to think so. The first half of the last two matches were what we should look at as far as what we can start to expect.     

That goes for the starting XI as well as the idea of playing out of the back.  Sean St. Ledger said in the Rapids latest article that Kevin Doyle just needs service, so look for that to happen a little more often.  Dom Badji also seems to be getting quality time in the last two games as well as netting a goal last week. 

As we get further into this preseason tournament we will get to see the pieces of the puzzle come together.  If there is the slightest part of you that's looking forward to what you may see, then you know it's already going to be better than last year. 

Predicted starting XI: MacMath, Hairston, Burling Sjoberg, Burch, Azira, Watts, Badji, Powers, Serna, Doyle. 

1 comment:

  1. Just a suggestion but including the game details (time, viewing options, etc.) would be helpful.

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