Breaking Burgundy: Rapids Week 5 in Review

Here at Breaking Burgundy we will take a look at this week’s game (or games) and how our Colorado Rapids performed. We’ll also identify a key player for Breaking Burgundy Player of the Week honors, as well as some random observations from yours truly.

Let’s get to it!

The Good

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Gashi!

It was nice to see Shkelzin Gashi back on the pitch for the ‘Pids this weekend. (He came on as a reserve and his game rating for the day was a 6.78*. (Not bad for only playing about 20 minutes.) His on-the-ball quality is evident even though he’s working through some obvious rust. He buried the penalty that Badji earned in the 77th minute.

Gashi generally looked dangerous and combined well with…