2024 Colorado Rapids Season Preview: XI Questions

Holding The High Line, a Colorado Rapids Podcast

Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red do their annual season preview. We ask XI questions that will determine the fate of the 2024 Colorado Rapids.

1. How will Captain Keegan Rosenberry fill the leadership gap this team may have?
2. Who takes over the No. 6 position for Jack Price and will they be good enough?
3. Are the Academy kids and Homegrowns ready to contribute to the first team consistently?
4. How does Chris Armas handle center back minutes outside of Andreas Maxsø with all the young talent at the position?
5. With Open Cup in limbo and Club León waiting in Leagues Cup, can the Rapids go in their first proper cup run since 2003?
6. Rafael Navarro, Lamine Diack, and Sidnei Tavares(?) are on loan with options to buy in the summer. What will it take for them to be retained and what happens if they are not?
7. How will Chris Armas fix this team's poor predictable defense from last year?
8. Will the Rapids finally win the Rocky Mountain Cup?
9. This club has become Something To Prove FC. Will they prove the haters and the doubters wrong? Is Armas a good coach? Can the USMNT hopefuls get back with the national team and even Europe?
10. Will ownership finally mend the broken toxic relationship with the fanbase and if so how?
11. Chris Armas has a history of being bad in big games. The Rapids haven't advanced in the playoffs since 2016. Can this club finally do something in the playoffs against a talent deficit? With this club ever be a perennial playoff team and bring a second MLS Cup back to Colorado?

We close out the episode discussing our hopes for the final two preseason games and taking listener Ask HTHLs.

Check out Red's recent appearances on the Designated Players podcast, Box State Footy, and MLS Fantasy Insider.