I called out the Rapids for thinking that someone was just going to step up and become Juan Pablo Angel. You don't get JPAs off of the practice squad.
And I'll stand by that reasoning. But I'm also a professed admirer of Omar Cummings. With the passing and running that the Rapids are capable of, Cummings could really benefit, as he did last night scoring against Real Salt Lake.
Christian Gomez had a good game. Cummings had a good game. Colin Clark had a good game. Even Herculez Gomez had a good game. The Rapids are first place in the West (yes, I know, it's like being the toughest kid in first grade, but first is first).
And Real? Well, they faltered badly in the second half. Espindola looks capable. We know Beckerman and Kovalenko will work. Borchers looked overall ok. Andy Williams even ran a few times. So, really, another case of RSL looking much improved but still getting the same results. Tony Beltran, however, must have better nights ahead. I expected him to get skinned by Colin Clark. But when Herculez was putting moves on him, sending Beltran to the turf, I knew it was going to be a tough night for him. RSL still seems to have gaps in the team appropriate for an expansion team, not a fourth year club.
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