Rapids take down Minnesota United 2-1

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Saint Clair along the left side. Minnesota bring it down
looking for Kelvin Yeboa. Ball bounces around in the middle
of the park and kindly falls away till Robin Ludd
along one a back to Lud. Lud kicks it off
Cole Bassett. Lud will go track down the Karum Loud

(00:29):
center Stred passes to his left to Will Trap the
Columbus Ohio native gives it back to Lud, who gets
hounded by Navajo, comes over to Romero. Three center backs
from Minnesota and now a turnover created as Navajo kiss
the interception. Navajo running to the top of the eighteen right,
but its shot and it stopped by Saint Clair early

(00:52):
save in the fourth minute. We saw the rapid score
in the third minute in La against CRUs O Seul
to open things up, and really had a very similar
sequence of events here. Rapids played to Cob short to
the right, Cob lifts it long, Romero gets it back,
Lauras intercepts his pass. Bassett is now gonna sprint through
the center of the park, pass to the left to

(01:16):
Vines forward for Yeah be Yeapy on the left wing
along when they defending Yeap, he cuts to his right.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeap. He thought about a shot Bassett to Vine space
cross deflected into the stands too slow from Vines, and.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
You gotta think, if the Rapids could get this first goal,
it would open up a lot of possibilities for a
second third, because right now there's just not a lot
of sense of urgency from the Looms. Good defending by Navajo,
the tackle on Pereira from behind digs it out Bassett.

(01:52):
He's gonna switch the play to the near side for Lauras,
brings it down with the right boot, take him to
the in line, rolls it back to Vines. Vines his
pass goes back to Bassett Cole. Bassett, thinking about a cross,
decides against it, passes to his right, twenty yards to
Cannon to the right wing for Harris. Back to Canon

(02:13):
at the inline cross in and it's just touched wide
of goal, shut up.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
In one zero, Colorado.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Changes from Colorado to respond to the impending triple change
from Minnesota as Vines perfect ball up the sideline for Yappy,
sprinting to the top of the eighteen. Yeappy to his right.
Shirts Yappy open the scoring sensational from Colorado. In transition

(02:44):
one pass we're in your box. One shot, We're in
the lead.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
One zero. Colorado at a stunned Allius field right at
the hour mark. Fifth goal of the season, seventh goal
of his MLS career for the tender Native box all
big overhead toss.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
Bassett heads it towards the top of the eighteen. Laurns
gets the second ball.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Harris now Harris, beautifult ball with the outlets in Avajo.
Novajo dribbling forward, cuts to his right, sprays it to
Yappy Yappy in the eighteen Yuppy in the corner with
the brace. The Rapids are up zero in the seventieth minute.

(03:32):
One was good, two was better.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Sensational in transition seventy third minute, two zero in favor
of Colorado. Darren Yappi with a brace, Owen Jan Pereira
to the left side. Now ball rolled through Yosefro Salas
thinking about a crow gotta speak, tangled up, gets.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
It back right.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
Olaashi I mean Olawashi gets all by himself at the

(04:42):
penalty spot. Rapids trying to keep the Loons pinned in.
Rosenberry makes the interception of la raz gets to it now.
Kody Pietro running forward on the through ball that Dan
Saint Clair is gonna pick it up fifteen seconds left.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
And what a play by head Coody Pietro to shoulder
Gressel off the ball. That's the minimum of five minutes.
It's gonna be a reset here for Minnesota. We should
be out of time. We should be out of time.
We are out of time for the third time in
twenty twenty five. The Colorado Rapids will win away from

(05:23):
Dix's Mording Goods Park, a vital three points to begin
the final nine games of the season. Darren Yappie with
two second half goals is the difference for Colorado in
a hostile, hostile environment, Absolutely terrific From the Colorado Rapids.

(05:46):
They suffered and they're gonna go home three points richer
and it matters. The last nine games of the season
are going to be massive for Colorado