Rapids battle Minnesota to a 1-1 draw 9-27-25

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now they have an opportunity. Opportunity to do it from
a dead ball situation for the Rapids, and they got
a couple guys over the ball.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Here, Ronan Santos Bassett all over the soccer ball. Bassett
right foot goes for goal, forces a save out of
Dane Saint Clair. It's gonna be a corner as he
has to push it wide on a bad effort from
Cole Bassett, and he was right on target. But Dane
Saint Clair shows you why he's one of the better

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goalkeepers in MLS.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Go don't mind it from Cole Bassett at all, tries
to catch Saint Clair sleeping a little bit. He doesn't,
but on a on a night like this where the
grass is probably nice and slick, he bounces it right
in front of him and that's going inside that near post.
In Saint Clair scrambling across.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
He does a good job to knock it away though
Diaz has Grestle in front and lud goes to lud
Blood with a poor pass gives it away to attend
co three on two advantage for Colorado. Packxtonar and said right,
but it shot is sick by Dane Saint Clair at
three on two advantage evaporated quickly, and Aaronson found himself

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between a couple defenders and it was either shoot a
tough shot or try to make a tougher pass.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
I think he had Calvin Harris when he first picked
the ball up, making a hard run off the shoulder
of Minnesota United's left center back and passed him up
for his own shot. And I could see Calvin Harris
was a little bit frustrated that he didn't receive that pass.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
But five yards from the top of the box, shaded
just to the right, Santo's embasket both over it. Santos
approaches left foot.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
Wow the velocity on that from Hava Santos, it screams
by Dane Saint Clair. It screams into the back of
the net, and the scoreboard screams once year old Colorado.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Just too much pace on that one from Hafasanto's He
goes the goalkeeper's side, and I said, it sets up
well for a lefty. I thought he was gonna go
over the wall and under the crossbar. Instead, he decides
to go Dan Saint Clair's side and he skips it
right in front of him. And we talked about it

(02:21):
when Cole Bassett hit his free kick, tried to catch
Dane sain Claire sleeping earlier in the match. The grass
is wet, we were down on it earlier. Connor, it's wet,
it's slick. The pace is just too much for Daan
Saint Clair. It probably picks up speed as it hits
the turf, and.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
I saw it once again. Find Rosalis on the near side.
They've been going to number eight over and over since
he subbed on a halftime Rosaliz top of the eighteen.
Now a shot from distance rips the back of the net.

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Victorios Triantis.

Speaker 1 (03:05):
We've seen him score from distance in the past couple
of weeks already once.

Speaker 2 (03:12):
I mean we can talk about distance. They talk about
midfield against San Diego.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Yeah, this is a good thirty two to thirty three
yards out. And give Rosalez credit as he goes on
a long dribble. He doesn't really beat any of their rapids,
you know, clean, but he just nobody really commits to
trying to tackle him.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
He gets all the way to the top of the rapids.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Box and it's a poor clearance right to Triantes. The
other's two tough matches, of course, Salt Lake that. You
know that game always has its own implications. You know
you throw in playoff implications, Rocky Mountain Cup implications. Just
two teams that don't like each other, of which that's
on the road.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
Emotionally charged, polutely and I don't think anybody wants to
play LAFC with Sown and Belongo right now, just playing
out of their minds. The rappens on the ball, three
points still available tonight. Santos left foot the ball in
looking for.

Speaker 3 (04:15):
The bajo, headed down. Bassett touches it over and that's
headed over the bar.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
Could have been to one.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
It could have been as good play from the rapids again.
Hafasantos gets on the ball on the left hand side
and plays a great cross to the back post. Hoffing
the ball. You thought he might go for gold, decides
to hit it back across and Cole Bassett coming in
on the left side. You thought maybe he was gonna
shoot it. Yeah, I thought he was. He chose the
unselfish route, upgraded the shot. He upgraded the shot. And

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Calvin Harris he's just kind of leaning back. He's got
to get up over this ball and try to head
it down into the turf into the wet turf, tries
to get it up and sends it over the crossbar.
It's pretty good play from the Rapids, though not what
you want at this point of the match. And he's
capable of doing some good things in this attack. Can

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he find a moment to prove that.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
American Family Insurance is sure carefully dream fearlessly? Is the
Rapids skit it forward? Santo's overlap in the box, he
slipped on the ball, couldn't get a cross in because
he fell in the grass, and Dane Saint Claire falls
on the ball. It's right football going near posts, headed
out to Laraz off his chest once he's gonna set

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up another right foot of ball headed out again now
half Asanto, so in a foot race. He gets there,
flicks it back to Laraz. Laraz mis hits it, but
it takes a kind bounce to him and a shot
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Colorado Rapids.

Speaker 1 (06:04):
I'd like to have seen Oliver Lauraz not shoot that ball,
and I know he fancies himself from distance and he's
got a good shot on him, but there's better options
than shooting from there, especially one that is just gonna
harmlessly fall into Dan Saint Clair's hands.