Rapids Finally Get a Win

…as long as Colorado can keep playing sub-MLS teams, we should be in for a great summer!

A 3-1 win over the CalVictory in the Lamar Hunt Cup (or, is it the U.S. Open Cup? I get confused, and scared, by these things) means the team will play Chivas on July 18 after the Hell A team beats up on a team made up of Batman and one of Christopher Columbus’s ships.

I was unable to attend last night’s historic victory over the Victory (I was busy watching Victory), but this summary of a Rapids possession made me grin:

In the 30th minute Roberto Brown ran into the California penalty area on a breakaway. As he was shooting, he appeared to have been pulled down from behind; however, referee Ramon Hernandez did not blow his whistle and play was allowed to continue.

Yeah, that “pulled down from behind” defense doesn’t seem to work so well with poor Roberto for some reason. I have NO IDEA why it wouldn’t though (other than the constant, Jack Tripper-esque moves Brown puts on nearly every time he comes within 5 feet of the ball).

As for HercWatch 2007 - my favorite player scored one and put another off the post. Not surprisingly, Beckerman failed to score AND got another yellow card. Par for the course there. He’s already the Todd Fuller of MLS but soon he’ll end up as the Jack Haley if he keeps this up.

Bounatime did not play, so Zach was called in to not make great saves and to give up a goal, described by the Rapids own web site thusly:

The Victory got a goal back in the 79th minute when Juan Epitie’s shot bounced off the post, off Zach Thornton and into the goal.

Wow. Just think of what the Rapids record would be without Bouna now.

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