Saturday was exciting. It was refreshing. It was confusing.
I’m not sure what to make of it yet.
Padraig Smith was open about the team needing to fine-tune the balance between defense and offense: turn up the volume on attack, even if it comes at the expense of the defense. As a result of that stated desire for change, Sam Cronin was sent to Minnesota, and Mohammed Saeid joined the Rapids.
And then, something unthinkable happened. The Rapids abandoned the safe, suffocating defensively-minded 4-2-3-1 for a more fluid 4-4-2. And boy did it work, as Colorado thumped San Jose, 3-0.