#MTLvCOL Takeaways (7.7.2018): Something has to change for the Rapids—immediately

Something has to change—immediately—if this team is to salvage any portion of 2018.

The Colorado Rapids lost to the Montreal Impact 2-1 this past Saturday, starting the second half of the Rapids season off in an inauspicious way. From the moment the lineup and the formation was released an hour before gametime, we could see the plan was to play for a 0-0 tie or to hope to generate some offense on the counterattack.

With the three game non-losing streak against struggling teams such as the Chicago Fire, Minnesota United, and Vancouver Whitecaps (adding seven points to a paltry total to that point), hope sprung eternal (at least that’s what I wrote last week, but should have said, “Hope sprung…