Backpass: The optimist, the pragmatist, and the pessimist

These guys used to wear the same kit. (Sigh.)How was your weekend? Mine was fine. The weather was nice on Sunday; I got a lot of yard work done. My favorite Bundesliga club, Mainz 05, got a great draw against Bayern Munich. And I watched two fantastic MLS matches in Philadelphia-Montreal and Dallas-SKC.

But, well, the Rapids lost. So we’ve got to talk about that.

There are a lot of ways to approach this match, and the Rapids season up till now. Inspired by a quote from the recent S-Town podcast by Brian Reed and Julie Snyder, which is awesome and you should listen to, I’m breaking down the broader meaning of this game by applying a variety of philosophical approaches. First, the t-shirt…