July 31, 2025 • 10 mins
Game 1 of League's Cup for the Colorado Rapids lived up to the hype! After a strong first half from Colorado, Santos Laguna struck first to open the 2nd Half. Colorado doesn't waste any time to tie it up as Rafael Navarro gets them on the board less than ten minutes later! The best was yet to come as Rafael Navarro scores his second of the game for Colorado with 86' on the clock! Despite the scrappy ending, the Rapids win 2-1! Connor Cape and Drew Moor bring you through a thrilling game from DSGP. Sunday at 7:30 PM vs Tijuana is when you can see and listen to the next League's Cup game with your Rapids.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jehomi is fouled by Murphy in a dangerous spot here
for Santos, they're.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Gonna have a free kick here. Sixteenth minute, still zero zero.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Leonardo Prieto.
Speaker 4 (00:12):
Is gonna come all the way across from his left
hand side to take this free kick. I imagine an
in swinger Setos l'kunna have other big players forward Jordan Carrio.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Standing over the wall as well, along with Britto. Seventeenth minute,
no no.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correo.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Right footed ball comes in headed towards goal.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Big save made by Zach Stephen.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Last couple of minutes, a couple of big saves by
each goalkeeper.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Great attack from the Rapids and you can see Sam Vines,
Cole Bassett, Oliver Roaz the combination play in the middle
of the field against Santos Laguna where they only have
two central midfielders. Rapids have flooded that area been able
to get a couple of attacks and that was one
of good quick one touch combination play leads to a
(01:05):
nice attack for the Rapids.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
In another corner kick, Mahailovich.
Speaker 5 (01:09):
Right foot the ball in heading towards goal off the post.
I believe comes back out to Mahailovich Mahailovich cuts into
the box. Georgie right foot blocked. It's gonna bounce out
for another corner.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Boy.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I don't know if that hit the post or Osceveno
got his fingertips to it or both, but that was
close to one zero Colorado.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Canon has to go track it down for Colorado, push
it back to Vines. They're just trying something different.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That was the seventh corner of the night. I don't
like that one.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
I know it's from the other side and Georgia Mahievich
has been swinging.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
On a ball from Lasso chips off the outside of
the post.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Alvin Harris back to Mahailovich. Rapids continue to hunt. Now
a lofted cross goes right to a Sierrato. He's just
trying to get to halftime. Forty fourth minute, zero zero.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Throw the ball from all over Lauraz He looks up
and sees Howfin Navajo just peeling off of the two
center backs shoulders Balanta and Amioni.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
He's just not able to direct this shot on target.
So maybe the last kick of a half here.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Ten yards from the top of the eighteen, ten yards
from the sideline, Mahailovich ball in headed.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Target, bust head over the goal line. It's Cole Bassett.
The Colorado has broken the.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
Deadlock against Santos Slaguna on the last kick of the half.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Was he offsidees Connor? It looked close as of right now.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
That's a great header from Cole Bassett and a league
that the Rapids deserve.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Great shoulder goal from Cole Bassett.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
They are they are holding up play here does it
come off his shoulder corner?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, it comes off the shoulder blade.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
There always gonna go have a look now it's off
sides that it is off side? Of course it is,
of course it is tonight in this first half.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Boil boy and it HiT's the end of the first half.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
That's That's about as deflating as the end of the
first half could be for Colorado without conceding a goal.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
But I mean, I guess.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
This is a Santo's team that will wilt in the
second half just because the Rapids have been the better team.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
But this is this is the moment in the match
where you can't get beat Santos with a great outlet.
Now comes over to the near side o the post.
Everybody hits the post.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Holly wow, and you just talked about it, Connor. Not
the time to give up a goal. We knew the
start of the second half was gonna be key. And
it's Jordan Carrio with the acrobatic finish. And it's been
(04:22):
a bright start to the half for Santos Laguna. They
deserve that goal the way they started.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Sort of who originally hits the posts?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
And again somebody who's brought in a lot of energy
to start.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
This half, and that's Carrio.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Sorto cuts inside top of the eighteen, still sort of
Paul poked away from behind and the Bahol chasing it
at the center circle. Alonso whips it back to the
rapids back line, Cannon takes it ros to Mihailovich. Mahailovich
good outlet for Harris.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Harris him behind, opportunity Colorado novoja one.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Water takes morn against Park.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Excellent ball in from Georgia Mohilovich, excellent assist from Calvin Harris,
excellent finish from half out of Vajo, and when half an.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Hour to play, we're all not at all what a goal.
And you see Calvin Harris's.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Pace as Emmione just not able to keep up with
him and it's such positive play. Oliveras a forward pass
to Georgie Mahailovich, a forward past to Calvin Harris, and
he has the pace to take it all the way
into the eighteen and he makes that extra pass upgrades
the shot because he could have gone himself, but half
(05:49):
navajo wide open.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
And what an answer it was.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I said, the next few minutes, we're gonna be key
from the rapids. You bring Darren yappy. I know he
didn't have a lot to do with this goal.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
They're checking it again. I'm not sure what it's good.
It's good, check complete, It's a goal. Behilevitch left arm up,
right foot scoops it in.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
It just sucked into the back of the nuts. It's
half in the vajo. That is a set piece. Beauty
from Colorado. What service from Georgia Mahailovich.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
We have the perfect angle where we are here in
the press box and it's just in between.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
The back line and.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
The goalkeep Rassevedro, who doesn't want to come for it,
and half a navajo gets to it before anybody else
and just smashes.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
It into the far corner.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
It looks like most Santos Laguna defenders hesitated.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
They didn't drop hard.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Enough, and there's a big gap of the high line
the half naval who's able to get into and it's again,
it's just perfect service from Georgi Mihailovich.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And now we're back underway. Mihailovich is gonna lift this
one out to the sideline. It's gonna go out of bounds.
It's gonna be a throw in for Santos. But that
is the final whistle, and there's gonna continue to be
differences postmatch in this one. But hopefully everybody can just separate,
(07:32):
shake hands, go to their locker rooms and get out
of here. Osceveno will miss the next match for Santos.
The Rapids most importantly pick up and much needed three points.
You're ahead of teams like Orlando, New York City, Columbus, LAFC,
(07:53):
teams that you are fighting with to finish top four
out of eighteen. Huge huge result for Cold to start
Leaks Cup plus three. And now we've got Rapids winner
Calvin Harris joining us. Calvin, can you hear me?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Yeah, it's a little bit quiet, like, but it's not.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
That a little bit quiet. We'll trying to work on that.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
So Calvin, tonight, you get all three points in the
first match, Leaks Leaks got how important was getting a
win in the first game for you guys?
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Yeah, it's massive. I mean, we know that the competition
is it's tough, it's it's close and tight. So we
know that every point that we get in this competition
is massive to get out of the group. So we
take each game with the intention of trying to get
three points and trying to get a win. And it
was a tough game tonight because we were on top
of them, and you know, I had a lot of
(08:42):
a lot of big chances and it just didn't fall
in the back of the net. But we just stayed
in it and we knew that chances were going to come,
and they sure did.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
And you had the assist on the goal to halfa
on the first goal to level things up one to one.
What did you see first, going back to the past
from Georgia.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
I just noticed that as soon as the ball got
to Georgie, I could just take off and he rolls
the ball literally dead on perfect, and you know I
was able to get just in front of the well,
get to the ball just before they defended it and
just push it past them and then the new hafer
was going to be there, you know, to tap it in.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
And we saw there was some pushing and shoving at
the very end of this match. How important is it
for you guys just to keep cool heads and what
was obviously a very intense environment.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
At the end.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Yeah, of course we have to keep our cool and
be professional. And nobody, I mean, I say, nobody likes
to see that thing, but it sure does get the
crowd involved, but you know what I mean. But no,
we gotta, you know, make sure that we don't do
anything silly and get any unnecessary red cards or you know, offenses.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Absolutely, Calvin plus three tonight. We'll see you back on
Sunday against Tijuana.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Enjoy the win, Thank you, take care, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
That's Calvin Harris, Rapids this club Tijuana next. You get
three points. That's all you can do tonight. That is
the most that you can do. You can't advance, you
can't be eliminated. You can just get three points. You
go on to Tijuana.
Jehomi is fouled by Murphy in a dangerous spot here
for Santos, they're.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Gonna have a free kick here. Sixteenth minute, still zero zero.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Leonardo Prieto.
Speaker 4 (00:12):
Is gonna come all the way across from his left
hand side to take this free kick. I imagine an
in swinger Setos l'kunna have other big players forward Jordan Carrio.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Standing over the wall as well, along with Britto. Seventeenth minute,
no no.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correo.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Right footed ball comes in headed towards goal.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Big save made by Zach Stephen.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Last couple of minutes, a couple of big saves by
each goalkeeper.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Great attack from the Rapids and you can see Sam Vines,
Cole Bassett, Oliver Roaz the combination play in the middle
of the field against Santos Laguna where they only have
two central midfielders. Rapids have flooded that area been able
to get a couple of attacks and that was one
of good quick one touch combination play leads to a
(01:05):
nice attack for the Rapids.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
In another corner kick, Mahailovich.
Speaker 5 (01:09):
Right foot the ball in heading towards goal off the post.
I believe comes back out to Mahailovich Mahailovich cuts into
the box. Georgie right foot blocked. It's gonna bounce out
for another corner.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Boy.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
I don't know if that hit the post or Osceveno
got his fingertips to it or both, but that was
close to one zero Colorado.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Canon has to go track it down for Colorado, push
it back to Vines. They're just trying something different.
Speaker 4 (01:38):
Now.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
That was the seventh corner of the night. I don't
like that one.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
I know it's from the other side and Georgia Mahievich
has been swinging.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
On a ball from Lasso chips off the outside of
the post.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Alvin Harris back to Mahailovich. Rapids continue to hunt. Now
a lofted cross goes right to a Sierrato. He's just
trying to get to halftime. Forty fourth minute, zero zero.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Throw the ball from all over Lauraz He looks up
and sees Howfin Navajo just peeling off of the two
center backs shoulders Balanta and Amioni.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
He's just not able to direct this shot on target.
So maybe the last kick of a half here.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Ten yards from the top of the eighteen, ten yards
from the sideline, Mahailovich ball in headed.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Target, bust head over the goal line. It's Cole Bassett.
The Colorado has broken the.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
Deadlock against Santos Slaguna on the last kick of the half.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Was he offsidees Connor? It looked close as of right now.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
That's a great header from Cole Bassett and a league
that the Rapids deserve.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Great shoulder goal from Cole Bassett.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
They are they are holding up play here does it
come off his shoulder corner?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, it comes off the shoulder blade.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
There always gonna go have a look now it's off
sides that it is off side? Of course it is,
of course it is tonight in this first half.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Boil boy and it HiT's the end of the first half.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
That's That's about as deflating as the end of the
first half could be for Colorado without conceding a goal.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
But I mean, I guess.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
This is a Santo's team that will wilt in the
second half just because the Rapids have been the better team.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
But this is this is the moment in the match
where you can't get beat Santos with a great outlet.
Now comes over to the near side o the post.
Everybody hits the post.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Holly wow, and you just talked about it, Connor. Not
the time to give up a goal. We knew the
start of the second half was gonna be key. And
it's Jordan Carrio with the acrobatic finish. And it's been
(04:22):
a bright start to the half for Santos Laguna. They
deserve that goal the way they started.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Sort of who originally hits the posts?
Speaker 4 (04:30):
And again somebody who's brought in a lot of energy
to start.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
This half, and that's Carrio.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Sorto cuts inside top of the eighteen, still sort of
Paul poked away from behind and the Bahol chasing it
at the center circle. Alonso whips it back to the
rapids back line, Cannon takes it ros to Mihailovich. Mahailovich
good outlet for Harris.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
Harris him behind, opportunity Colorado novoja one.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Water takes morn against Park.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Excellent ball in from Georgia Mohilovich, excellent assist from Calvin Harris,
excellent finish from half out of Vajo, and when half an.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Hour to play, we're all not at all what a goal.
And you see Calvin Harris's.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Pace as Emmione just not able to keep up with
him and it's such positive play. Oliveras a forward pass
to Georgie Mahailovich, a forward past to Calvin Harris, and
he has the pace to take it all the way
into the eighteen and he makes that extra pass upgrades
the shot because he could have gone himself, but half
(05:49):
navajo wide open.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
And what an answer it was.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
I said, the next few minutes, we're gonna be key
from the rapids. You bring Darren yappy. I know he
didn't have a lot to do with this goal.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
They're checking it again. I'm not sure what it's good.
It's good, check complete, It's a goal. Behilevitch left arm up,
right foot scoops it in.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
It just sucked into the back of the nuts. It's
half in the vajo. That is a set piece. Beauty
from Colorado. What service from Georgia Mahailovich.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
We have the perfect angle where we are here in
the press box and it's just in between.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
The back line and.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
The goalkeep Rassevedro, who doesn't want to come for it,
and half a navajo gets to it before anybody else
and just smashes.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
It into the far corner.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
It looks like most Santos Laguna defenders hesitated.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
They didn't drop hard.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
Enough, and there's a big gap of the high line
the half naval who's able to get into and it's again,
it's just perfect service from Georgi Mihailovich.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And now we're back underway. Mihailovich is gonna lift this
one out to the sideline. It's gonna go out of bounds.
It's gonna be a throw in for Santos. But that
is the final whistle, and there's gonna continue to be
differences postmatch in this one. But hopefully everybody can just separate,
(07:32):
shake hands, go to their locker rooms and get out
of here. Osceveno will miss the next match for Santos.
The Rapids most importantly pick up and much needed three points.
You're ahead of teams like Orlando, New York City, Columbus, LAFC,
(07:53):
teams that you are fighting with to finish top four
out of eighteen. Huge huge result for Cold to start
Leaks Cup plus three. And now we've got Rapids winner
Calvin Harris joining us. Calvin, can you hear me?
Speaker 6 (08:08):
Yeah, it's a little bit quiet, like, but it's not.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
That a little bit quiet. We'll trying to work on that.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
So Calvin, tonight, you get all three points in the
first match, Leaks Leaks got how important was getting a
win in the first game for you guys?
Speaker 6 (08:21):
Yeah, it's massive. I mean, we know that the competition
is it's tough, it's it's close and tight. So we
know that every point that we get in this competition
is massive to get out of the group. So we
take each game with the intention of trying to get
three points and trying to get a win. And it
was a tough game tonight because we were on top
of them, and you know, I had a lot of
(08:42):
a lot of big chances and it just didn't fall
in the back of the net. But we just stayed
in it and we knew that chances were going to come,
and they sure did.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
And you had the assist on the goal to halfa
on the first goal to level things up one to one.
What did you see first, going back to the past
from Georgia.
Speaker 6 (09:01):
I just noticed that as soon as the ball got
to Georgie, I could just take off and he rolls
the ball literally dead on perfect, and you know I
was able to get just in front of the well,
get to the ball just before they defended it and
just push it past them and then the new hafer
was going to be there, you know, to tap it in.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
And we saw there was some pushing and shoving at
the very end of this match. How important is it
for you guys just to keep cool heads and what
was obviously a very intense environment.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
At the end.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
Yeah, of course we have to keep our cool and
be professional. And nobody, I mean, I say, nobody likes
to see that thing, but it sure does get the
crowd involved, but you know what I mean. But no,
we gotta, you know, make sure that we don't do
anything silly and get any unnecessary red cards or you know, offenses.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Absolutely, Calvin plus three tonight. We'll see you back on
Sunday against Tijuana.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
Enjoy the win, Thank you, take care, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
That's Calvin Harris, Rapids this club Tijuana next. You get
three points. That's all you can do tonight. That is
the most that you can do. You can't advance, you
can't be eliminated. You can just get three points. You
go on to Tijuana.
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