Rapids’ Bermudan Banana Peel

By: Jeff | March 17th, 2008

Last Friday (or whenever March 14 was), the Colorado Rapids lost to the Bermudan National Team, the same team, mind, the New England Revolution beat 8-1 on aggregate back in February. The 2-1 loss doesn’t make for the happiest of reading for Rapids fans, but, hey, Herculez Gomez played and scored…that’s some kind of consolation, right? Who knows? Maybe Bermuda was a little rustier back then.

View from the Couch responds in what I view as a healthy fashion: by moving on and looking ahead – specifically at who’s likely to start in the regular season, what’s up next in pre-season, etc. For what it’s worth, the “friendly” against Chicago should tell us more about the Rapids than the Bermuda game.

Speaking of the regular season, Rapids Class VI set plans in motion from the fan’s perspective, announcing available seats for an April 5 weekend road-trip to Kansas City as well as a pre-season party. I don’t normally cover the fan beat, but, given my role here, and wishing all the best to Rapids fans, I figure helping get the word out is the least I can do. So, if you live in the Denver metro area and want to hook up with the Rapids fan culture, it looks like Rapids Class VI is a good place to start.

Before closing today, I suppose the question is what to make of all this – e.g. the Bermuda loss, the fact the 3-2-3 (I think) pre-season record looks a lot like a regular season record from seasons past. Maybe I’m feeling a little reactive, but Friday’s loss has me wondering whether the Rapids did enough this off-season, especially at forward. Seeing the “wrong Gomez” make the telling, if futile, impact versus Bermuda raises the specter of the Rapids having bet the farm on an aging property. Probably getting ahead of myself on that, but…yeah, euphoria about that signing, or any other, waits on support from reality before it becomes confidence that good things are ahead.