Don't slide in with both feet with your studs up.  How stupid can you get?  Olave makes way too many tactical mistakes and this one cost big.  Going down a goal early sucks, especially since nobody marked the man standing on the penalty spot.  Should have been Beckerman.  Going down a goal early and then going down a man right before half pretty much sealed the game.  Otherwise, RSL did not do anything that they needed to.  They turned the ball over in the midfield, they didn't finsh the chances they had, the marking was generally poor and then with the red to Olave, what can be further said?

Add to the list of cRapids I hate Connor Casey.  For his size, he's a total pussy.  He should be a physical guy, but he backs off way too much.  He also knew he could goad Olave into doing something stupid, which he did (of course, this isn't the first time Olave has done something of this level of stupidity and I really question his tactical ability and fundamentals-he compensates with raw physical talent).  This isn't to say that Olave can't be refined, but right now, he's servicable and much better than anything else we have (Horst should be in USL 2).  PaBLOW did what he always does, but before RSL could really bring Mathis to bear to pick of the slack of an absent Morales, Olave was off and Mathis was playing on the back line (which he did well).  Reynish played well, I was actually more impressed with him than I have been with Seitz.  I really hope Rimando is ok, and heals fast.  With Horst getting the start next match, I really feel sorry for whoever is starting in goal against LA.  If Landycakes scores a hat trick, I think I will just leave and drink beer in the parking lot.  It will be nice to see Dema again.  I was sad to see him sent to LA.