Holding The High Line
We do "the most thankless thing in sports: Talk about THE RAPIDS." Hosts
@bymattpollard.bsky.social and @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social.
Founded Jan 2018. Hello darkness my old friend. #AskHTHL
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- Back Pass: Can Matt Wells turn the Colorado Rapids into a winner? Rabbi and Wellsy "tell it like it is" after the first 'real' press conference of the year. holdingthehighline.com/p/can-matt-w...
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- Reposted by Holding The High LineLatest HTHL substack piece is up. I dissect the latest press conference. Wells said ... some pretty interesting things. But what does it all mean? #Rapids96 @rapids96podcast.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/holdingt...
- Feel even stronger than last night that this is a Atencio or Connor Ronan on first base situation, a la Moneyball. Hard to see how this is a net positive right now. Let’s see what the FO does with the rest of the window.
- S8E43: Cole Bassett Emergency Pod Warning, we say some bad words. bleav.com/shows/holdin...
- Will ask Wells about the nature of the trade tomorrow. Center back or full back.
- Just said it mid-recording: The team identified the three positions they wanted to add to. They did it quickly. They think with that, the roster is mostly fine and they just need a coach to implement the game model better than 2025 Armas. They’re banking on Wells coming good in the long run.
- Aaronson depth is probably Alex Harris or KDP. Fine assuming Aaronson isn’t injured. But with no Bassett, this team just became way more Aaronson dependent.
- Josh Atencio is starting at first base.
- Cole Bassett emergency pod confirmed. Send us your questions. #AskHTHL
- Emergency pod?????
- @jeffrueter.bsky.social really happy for you Jeff
- Hot Stove Season 2026: @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social looks at every Rapids departure and their replacement so far and what that means for the position and the team. holdingthehighline.com/p/hot-stove-...
- Say what you will about Rapids hires. No former Rapids FO employee that we know of has ever kidnapped a penguin or bribed a tattoo artist to sabotage a fellow trialist’s tattoo. youtu.be/KyZC8WyrXUs?...
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- RIP FBref.
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- “To that one dude on Reddit praying for our downfall, pray harder.” - Rabbi after dark, jk
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- S8E42: Heaps of Tools Hello Colorado Soccer fans! Happy New Year! HTHL discusses the huge news of Linsey Heaps to Denver Summit. We talk all news and whispers from Rapids preseason. And we're pumped for the Denver soccer attendance case study. bleav.com/shows/holdin...
- Reposted by Holding The High LineMatt and I spent most of our time on @rapids96podcast.bsky.social last night talking about what it means to have Lindsey Heaps in Colorado.
- "So Miami has Messi and all the money and might be breaking all the rules?" "Yes, Dave." "And you responded by spending $2 million on Dante Sealy?" "That's correct, Dave."
- Backpass: The Rise and Fall of the MLS SuperDraft By @rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social holdingthehighline.com/p/the-rise-a...
- Holiday HodgePOD
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- S8E41: One Podcast, One Rant Happy Holidays High Liners. Rabbi and Red get together to discuss all the things. Matt Wells, the rebrand fan survey you already hate, SuperDraft, Dante Sealy, Hamzat Ojediran, the transfer window, Messi at Mile High, & more! bleav.com/shows/holdin...
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- I mean, we’ve been the Grinch trying to cancel Leagues Cup for the last three years. The simplest thing for 2026 and 2027 scheduling wise would be to not do Leagues Cup, or adopt a very abbreviated format. But that would mean Concacaf listens to us instead of making more money.
- Wells worked under Big Ange and Thomas Frank, so assuming hybrid 4-3-3 4-2-3-1. Steffen Cannon-Holding-Cobb-TBD TBD-Bassett-Aaronson Mayoma/KDP-Navarro-Yapi
- Mug shots and side quests
- S8E40: We subbed out the dog. Hello Rapids fans. On this episode, Mark and Matt are back. We discuss Noah Cobb, Sam Bassett, and Rafa Santos. Red has some info on the coaching search. We talk SuperDraft and MLS Free Agency. bleav.com/shows/holdin...
- S8E39: Grimsby Mug Shots HTHL reacts to the Colorado Rapids end of season roster news. Then we hype up the soccer side quest to end all soccer side quests. bleav.com/shows/holdin...
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- More cringe than the 0-6 against RSL
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- S8E38: Voice Notes From Abroad bleav.com/shows/holdin...
- Backpass: What the new MLS schedule means for Colorado holdingthehighline.com/p/what-the-n...
- No 4th of July game this year because of the World Cup. 2027 is a speed run. Then MLS switches to the European calendar with the season starting late July. Have the Colorado Rapids already played their final 4th of July game and we didn’t even know it?
- Sad Daylight Savings, Rapids Community. It's 6:30 at R2 and it's already pitch dark HDMOF
- A Year Below Expectation: The 2025 Rapids were constructed by Pádraig Smith and led by Chris Armas in search of a trophy. The team fell well short. Here's HTHL's after-action report of what went wrong this year. holdingthehighline.com/p/a-year-bel...
- S8E37: Hot Pockets and Press Conferences Hey High Liners. So much for that break. We get together after the Pádraig Smith and Kevin Demoff presser. We discuss Chris Armas Out. We do a draft of head coach candidates. bleav.com/shows/holdin...
- Rest now brother. We'll see you in Valhalla.
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- 4-2-3-1 Steffen Cannon-Cobb-Holding-Santos Aaronson-Bassett Harris-KDP-Yapi Navarro Subject to change. There will be changes.
- We did a coaching draft. Let us know what you think. Looks like Oli might bounce. If so, Ronan’s the only other one you’d consider leaving. 4-3-3 with PaxTEN, Bassett at the 8, and a 6.
