St. Louis put up 18 shots to Colorado’ s two, but couldn’ t find a breakthrough in a 0x0 draw. They can take solace in that most games where they create 1.8 xG to the opponent’ s 0.3 will be wins going forward.
It’ s been a relatively quiet offseason in St. Louis, but new head coach Olof Mellberg seemingly has talent to work with after last year’ s midseason additions of Marcel Hartel and Cedric Teuchert in attack looked like bonafide plus-starters in MLS.
A full season with Hartel and Teuchert, plus a refreshed game model, could be enough to get St. Louis back to the playoffs.
The Rapids were totally ineffective in a 0x0 draw at St. Louis over the weekend, but they’ ll happily trade that for their 2x1 win over LAFC in Concacaf Champions Cup action midweek.
They’ ll head to BMO Stadium on Tuesday night to try and seal a huge first-round upset( and a more appropriate place in the Power Rankings).
Last year, the Rapids took a major step forward in attack after a busy 2023-24 offseason.
However, their defense did not get the memo.
Can the additions of center backs Chidozie Awazirem Ian Murphy from Cincy and midfielder Josh Atencio from Seattle correct that?
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