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Late Whittaker Bin in 81' Propels Rapids Over Whitecaps FC · Altitude Sports Radio Game Replays and Highlights

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  Speaker 1: Good evening, Rapids fans. Welcome in.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Connor Cape, joined by Drew Moore and Cole Smith,
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  Speaker 2: bringing you Colorado Rapids soccer on the Altitude Sports Radio Network. Tonight,
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  Speaker 2: your Burgundy boys are hosting Top of the West, the
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  Speaker 2: Vancouver Whitecaps.
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  Speaker 1: And Drew, a recurring theme.
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  Speaker 2: Is if you want to be the best, you gotta
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  Speaker 2: beat the best. Vancouver, they finished Top of the West
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  Speaker 2: last season. They are in a good position to finish
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  Speaker 2: Top of the West this season. Perhaps the Rapids could
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  Speaker 2: derail that for them.
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  Speaker 1: What do the rapids need to do to get.
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  Speaker 3: Three tonight find a way tonight connor for me it's
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  Speaker 3: find a way season i don't care what it looks
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  Speaker 3: like yeah we'd all love three nil beautiful soccer it
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  Speaker 3: just doesn't happen this time of year so for me
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  Speaker 3: defensively attacking wise you got to go out individually and
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  Speaker 3: as a group and do what you can to.
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  Speaker 1: Find a way to get all three points which would be.
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  Speaker 3: Massive in your playoff push against first place vancouver whitecaps
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  Speaker 3: who have all sorts of challenges that they bring. One
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  Speaker 3: of the most complete teams, if not the most complete
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  Speaker 3: team in Major League Soccer, certainly.
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  Speaker 1: In the Western Conference.
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  Speaker 2: Tonight, the Rapids have to find a way. Vancouver will
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  Speaker 2: start with the ball. They're in their primary kit. It's
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  Speaker 2: all white from head to toe with the blue trim
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  Speaker 2: and the blue stripe across the chest. The Colorado Rapids
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  Speaker 2: are in the colorful Colorado kit. That's all black from
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  Speaker 2: head to toe with the burgundy and blue trim. Jeremiah
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  Speaker 2: Rufar is our match official. He blows his whistle, and
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  Speaker 2: we're underway. Threaded through a couple defenders into the path
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  Speaker 2: of Georgie. It gets taken back by Vancouver there. A
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  Speaker 2: minute 20 into this one. 0-0 between the Rapids and
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  Speaker 2: the Whitecaps. This is the second of two regular season
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  Speaker 2: matches between the two teams.
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  Speaker 1: There's a turnover.
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  Speaker 2: Paxton Aronson's going to rip a shot from distance. It
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  Speaker 2: goes over the bar, but not missing by all that much.
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  Speaker 2: He hit it flush. He hit it first time. And
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  Speaker 2: I like that. He's a guy who's been contributing well.
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  Speaker 2: on the stat sheet since the World Cup break, and
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  Speaker 2: it's because of plays like that. These minutes, there's just
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  Speaker 2: been a log jam in front of him. First it
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  Speaker 2: was Lucas Harrington, then it was Loweek, and Rob Holding
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  Speaker 2: has been instrumental in this defense down the stretch as
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  Speaker 2: well as Wayne Frederick gets on the end of a
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  Speaker 2: lobbed ball right at the end line, rolls it back
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  Speaker 2: to the corner of the box for Georgie. Georgie scoops
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  Speaker 2: it into the 18, looking for Morgan, gets knocked out
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  Speaker 2: off the chest of Kosey. He hits it into C38
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  Speaker 2: off the half volley. Not a bad effort, and I
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  Speaker 2: like it. Keep peppering the goal.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great ball from Miguel Navarro.
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  Speaker 2: It's physical play. You got to bully the bully sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: Wayne Frederick gets kicked in the calf. Ball is taken
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  Speaker 2: away by Gauld and White. Leroy's running along with Sabi.
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  Speaker 2: Diaby on the other side. Perfect sliding intervention by Noah Cobb.
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  Speaker 2: Gets it back for Colorado. Absolutely perfect.
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  Speaker 1: And then Miguel Navarro is fouled as Brian White came
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  Speaker 1: up from behind. That's great. That sequence is great. You
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  Speaker 1: lose the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. That part's not what you want, but the defense
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  Speaker 2: to follow it up. You don't give Vancouver a clear shot,
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  Speaker 2: and you allow your center backs, your athletes, to make
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  Speaker 2: a play that you trust them to make in that situation,
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  Speaker 2: and Noah Cobb does. Navarro at times, Keegan Rosenberry. We'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see a good one here from Aronson. Right-footed ball,
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  Speaker 2: floats it in, top of the six-yard box. Noah Cobb
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  Speaker 2: heads it down at the goal line. Takaoka makes a save.
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  Speaker 2: We'll have another corner. Noah Cobb did everything right. Got
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  Speaker 2: it right on his forehead. Takaoka just makes an incredible save.
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  Speaker 1: Vancouver doesn't get a shot off. They don't get a
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  Speaker 1: shot on target.
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  Speaker 2: You get the ball back. You get to reset as
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  Speaker 2: Atencio shrugs off Kubas. Over to Aronson. Wayne Frederick receives
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  Speaker 2: it from Whitaker. Cuts to his right. Top of the 18.
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  Speaker 2: Wayne Frederick has a go. It's deflected down. Navarro, top
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  Speaker 2: of the 18.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Nope.
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  Speaker 1: Got underneath it. It's a good sequence, though. It is.
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  Speaker 1: He can.
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  Speaker 3: As per usual, the referee has to blow the whistle
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  Speaker 3: before the service even comes in.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't have to. No, he doesn't.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to let a little bit of this go, man.
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  Speaker 3: They're jockeying for position. It's a set piece.
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  Speaker 1: It's important. But also, he just walked 25 yards.
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  Speaker 3: He's wasted an entire 45-plus seconds.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get the ball back in play. LaRage ready.
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  Speaker 2: Left arm up, right footed ball. It's sailing towards the
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  Speaker 2: back post. Rob holding it. Or Noah Cobb got up
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  Speaker 2: and headed it out. Recirculated back in. Tristan Blackman, whoo,
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  Speaker 2: on the volley.
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  Speaker 1: Sends it over the bar. Not bad. Offside. Black goes up.
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  Speaker 1: 20th minute. Caps, man, they just don't have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of holes, do they? They're good at everything. And it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter if it's regular season play or tournament play.
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  Speaker 2: Wayne Frederick with a late challenge. It's going to be
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  Speaker 2: a yellow here on Diaby. To clarify, the yellow will
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  Speaker 2: go to Wayne Frederick.
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  Speaker 1: For the foul on Diaby by Wayne Frederick. It's a
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  Speaker 1: hard foul. He just came in late and caught too
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  Speaker 1: much flesh.
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  Speaker 2: Just over the half-hour mark, nothing, nothing. The Rapids looking
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  Speaker 2: for the breakthrough here. Aronson, right-footed ball, whips it in
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  Speaker 2: back post. Takaoka punches it away before Hamzat could come
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  Speaker 2: down on it. Georgie picks it up in the middle third.
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  Speaker 2: Shoulders him off the ball. Georgie stays with it. Gets
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  Speaker 2: it back for Colorado. Georgie now just outside the box.
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  Speaker 2: Steps into the box. Step over. Gets it back to
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  Speaker 2: his left. He's knocked to the ground. No foul call.
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  Speaker 2: No penalty. Gauld, Johnson, Leroy is combined for Vancouver. Diaby
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  Speaker 2: gets a kick in the back from Kosey Thompson and
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  Speaker 2: concedes possession.
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  Speaker 3: That was such a good counterpress from the Rapids. And
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  Speaker 3: that's exactly what you want from a counterpress is for
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  Speaker 3: it to end up at your center back's feet.
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  Speaker 2: Aronson in line, chipped up, penalty spot Navarro heads in, it's.
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  Speaker 1: Saved by Takaoka.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't get much power behind it as his head was
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  Speaker 2: fading away from goal when it contacted the ball. It
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  Speaker 2: was previously with Yokohama FC in Japan. Good play there
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  Speaker 2: by Noah Cobb stepping in front of the ball intended
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  Speaker 2: for Caicedo and the rebound comes back to Colorado holding
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  Speaker 2: to Thompson. Drifts over the center stripe. Passes forward for Aronson.
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  Speaker 2: Back into the middle for Thompson. Looks left. Passes left
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  Speaker 2: to Whitaker. Hands it off to Atencio. Atencio being hounded.
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  Speaker 2: Got it to Aronson.
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  Speaker 1: Over to Whitaker.
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  Speaker 2: Time and space. Morgan Whitaker left footed shot is blocked. Man,
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  Speaker 2: the space just closes down so quickly. The space just
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  Speaker 2: closes down so quickly when the Whitecaps see number seven
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  Speaker 2: on the ball. Go see Thompson though. Perfect with the
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  Speaker 2: ball at his feet. Now Aronson on the right side.
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  Speaker 2: Looking to get the ball into his right foot. Gets
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  Speaker 2: it back to his left. Chips it back post. Headed
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  Speaker 2: down by Georgie. And headed right into the dirt and
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  Speaker 2: easily caught by Takaoka. Such good football from the Rapids.
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  Speaker 2: And Georgie Mungo, I think he needs to bring that
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  Speaker 2: one down.
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  Speaker 1: Let's keep going.
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  Speaker 2: Kosey Thompson is dancing through midfield. Hands it off to Navarro.
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  Speaker 2: Navarro passes it out wide to Georgie. In the final third, Colorado.
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  Speaker 2: Georgie cuts to his right, knocks it to Thompson in
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  Speaker 2: the box. Kosey Thompson over the bar. It takes a deflection.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be another corner for Colorado.
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  Speaker 1: Man, Thompson on the end of it. Great block from Ocampo.
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  Speaker 2: 44th minute corner. Left footed in swinger from Whitaker. Sails
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  Speaker 2: in near post. Headed over the bar. Another first contact
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  Speaker 2: for Cobb. Can't get it on frame this time. Man.
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  Speaker 1: It's there. It is. He does extremely well to get
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  Speaker 1: across LaRoz's mark.
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  Speaker 2: We would like RSL to drop some points here. Everybody
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  Speaker 2: below the Rapids. Navarro rolls it back over. The center strike. Cobb.
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  Speaker 1: Looking, looking, looking. Kicks left. Navarro. Navarro now. Surveys. Knocks
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  Speaker 1: it forward for Whitaker. One touch in from Georgie. Georgie.
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  Speaker 1: Too heavy a touch. Ralph Preso kicks it out of bounds. Nope.
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  Speaker 1: Went off Georgie. That is just not a good sequence.
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  Speaker 1: The touch from Morgan Whitaker is class. And you're right, Connor.
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  Speaker 1: Clearly Vancouver want to get back on the ball a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more. It was.
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  Speaker 3: about 60% possession for the Rapids in the first half
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  Speaker 3: and they were able to create some chances and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: like we said, disrupt Vancouver's attack just by having the
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  Speaker 3: ball more and the intent for Vancouver clearly in the
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  Speaker 3: second half is to try to flip that script and
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  Speaker 3: create some better chances just being in possession.
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  Speaker 1: What a good pass by Morgan Whitaker.
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  Speaker 2: Triple teamed. Gets it away into the middle. Now out
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  Speaker 2: to Navarro. Navarro to LaRoz. Handed off Georgie. Heels on
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  Speaker 2: the touchline, dribbling inside. Good pass to Whitaker. Morgan cutting
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  Speaker 2: between defenders, looking for a lane. Navarro doesn't make the run.
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  Speaker 2: The ball goes wasted over the inline. 52 minutes on
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  Speaker 2: the board, nothing, nothing.
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  Speaker 1: How complete they are. They don't beat themselves.
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  Speaker 3: And so if you are the Rapids, you do need
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  Speaker 3: to find that quality in the attacking third because they
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  Speaker 3: will not give you a goal. They very rarely make mistakes,
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  Speaker 3: especially at the back, so complete. Take a lot of
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  Speaker 3: pride in not conceding goals. We do need to see
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  Speaker 3: that bit of quality and that responsibility for the Rapids
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  Speaker 3: to go and try to win this game. Whitecaps pull
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  Speaker 3: the Rapids near, then go far with a diagonal ball.
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  Speaker 3: Kosey Thompson and Caicedo. Perfectly timed. Challenged by Kosey Thompson
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  Speaker 3: for the second time this evening. Sliding intervention knocks it out.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be a corner for Vancouver, but it's better than
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  Speaker 2: a 1v1 opportunity against Nico Hansen.
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  Speaker 1: And it's what the Whitecaps do. They like the ball
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  Speaker 1: just as much as the Rapids do. In fact.
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  Speaker 3: These two teams are third and fourth in possession. And
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  Speaker 3: what the Whitecaps have is they can be ruthless. They
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  Speaker 3: can be deadly with not many opportunities. Morgan Whitaker, excellent defending.
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  Speaker 3: Takes the ball back from Preso. Georgie on the left side,
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  Speaker 3: just outside the box, lining up across. Right foot, it
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  Speaker 3: goes in.
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  Speaker 1: It's headed down. Takeoka again with a save. A corner
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  Speaker 1: coming for Colorado. Yohei Takeoka. standing on his head for Vancouver.
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  Speaker 3: Service is so difficult to deal with if you're the
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  Speaker 3: white caps it has pace it's in swinging Rob Holding
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  Speaker 3: makes first contact blocked by Brian White.
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  Speaker 2: Whitaker, again, left-footed ball, top of the six-yard box, headed up,
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  Speaker 2: Rob Holding flicks it forward, Takaoka again.
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  Speaker 1: Right place, right time. He has kept 12 clean sheets
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  Speaker 1: this season for a reason. A long ball here from Vancouver.
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  Speaker 2: Badwall chases after it, and the Rapids think the flag
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  Speaker 2: went up, but it doesn't. This would be a standard
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  Speaker 2: throw here in their own end.
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  Speaker 1: Wayne. Hops up the pitch, looks for Georgie, throws it
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  Speaker 1: over him. Blackman takes it for Vancouver.
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  Speaker 2: Blackman dribbling into space, creating space, and then turning it
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  Speaker 2: over to Hamzat. Hamzat is looking for a man, and
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  Speaker 2: he's found the Englishman. Morgan Whitaker, one man to beat,
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  Speaker 2: it's Takeoka, and his shot bounces off his chest. Tate Johnson,
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  Speaker 2: credit to him as he came screaming back and disrupted
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  Speaker 2: that shot from behind.
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  Speaker 1: Stays 0-0. And no doubt the.
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  Speaker 2: Donovan Philip change coming in for Miguel Navarro is part
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  Speaker 2: of that calculus for Matt Wells and his staff. But
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  Speaker 2: it is how you take it one step further because
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  Speaker 2: three points tonight goes such a long way in your
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  Speaker 2: playoff ambitions. As Philip's first touches are a pass to Hamzat.
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  Speaker 2: Hamzat back to Donovan Philip. Donovan Philip lets it rip
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  Speaker 2: and sends it over the bar.
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  Speaker 1: And it bounces into the Rapids locker room. I love
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  Speaker 1: that from Donovan Philip. I don't love the strike.
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  Speaker 3: Like you said, it's in the locker room right now,
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  Speaker 3: and you see even Morgan Whitaker encouraging him to shoot that.
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  Speaker 3: You've just come onto the field. You find yourself in
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of open space. There's bodies between you
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  Speaker 3: and Takeoka's goal. Go ahead and have a rip.
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  Speaker 1: Hate to see it. Georgie peeled off to stay onside,
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  Speaker 1: but then never ran back forward with Wayne.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think Georgie thought that the ball
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  Speaker 3: was going to come earlier from Wayne, and by the
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  Speaker 3: time Wayne was ready to play the pass, Georgie was
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  Speaker 3: in an offside position, so had to stop.
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  Speaker 1: And couldn't get his momentum going forward again.
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  Speaker 3: So, yeah, I think just a case of not being
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  Speaker 3: on the same page, which is going to happen at times.
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  Speaker 2: Takeoka dancing with the ball at the top of the
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  Speaker 2: six-yard box. He kicks it right to Rob Holding. Rob
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  Speaker 2: Holding in a pocket of space. In the final third,
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  Speaker 2: the Englishman kicks it over to Phillip. Donovan Phillip just
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  Speaker 2: outside the box. Shuffles it in to Whitaker.
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  Speaker 1: Misses it.
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  Speaker 2: Good 50-50 challenge from Hamzak. Getting it back at the
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  Speaker 2: penumbra of the center circle. Atencio over to the far
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  Speaker 2: sideline for Philip. Philip cutting inside, double-teamed, shuffles it over
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  Speaker 2: to Hamzat. Bedouin behind him, lays it back to Thompson.
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  Speaker 2: Thompson flares it out to the near side. Cobb pulls it.
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  Speaker 1: Down on a touch. Now he's stopped on the ball
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  Speaker 1: in the middle third. Looking, looking, Aronson.
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  Speaker 2: Harassed by Ocampo, pushes it back to the center stripe
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  Speaker 2: for holding. Now Aronson again with some space. Paxton Aronson
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  Speaker 2: shuffling around defenders. Knocks it right. Atencio farther right. Phillip
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  Speaker 2: left foot.
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  Speaker 1: Knocks it in.
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  Speaker 2: It's cleared away by Blackman. Off the thigh of Thompson,
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  Speaker 2: finds Aronson, back to goal. Top of the 18, Phillip
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  Speaker 2: at the corner. Donovan Phillip pushes it back to Thompson. Thompson,
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  Speaker 2: left foot, plays it to Hamzat in the center. Hamzat
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  Speaker 2: knocks it over to Frederick. He misses him. Gauld picks
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  Speaker 2: it off. And Gauld is going to steam downfield, 1v1.
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  Speaker 2: He'll cut to his left, allow attackers to defend him.
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  Speaker 2: Passes it forward for Caicedo. Heavy touch at the inline.
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  Speaker 2: It just goes over. Goal kick, Colorado. 79th minute, nothing, nothing.
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  Speaker 2: Morgan Whitaker with some time and space shuffles it over
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  Speaker 2: to Syed Syed knocks it over to.
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  Speaker 4: Philip Donovan Philip it takes the deflection off Takeoka off
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  Speaker 4: the bar over did it go.
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  Speaker 1: Over the line does it matter the Rapids are out in.
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  Speaker 2: Front 1-0 15 seconds left this will be maybe the
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  Speaker 2: last little bit here for the Whitecaps the Rapids trying
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  Speaker 2: to see this one out up 1-0 an 81st minute
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  Speaker 2: goal from Morgan Whitaker the difference as it stands Josh
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  Speaker 2: Atencio heads it out It's knocked down.
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  Speaker 4: Donovan Phillip sprawls out, kicks it away, and that's the
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  Speaker 4: final whistle at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The Colorado Rapids
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  Speaker 4: victorious over the first place Vancouver Whitecaps.
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  Speaker 2: 1-0. Three more points secured for Colorado in the playoff push.
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  Speaker 1: Massive. Absolutely massive from the Rapids.
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  Speaker 3: And this was Exactly how you would have wanted this
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  Speaker 3: game to go against the first place Vancouver Whitecaps.