In the Starting XI we look back on a troubled NYCFC match in Commerce City. We talk Seb Anderson's heroics and he-low-ics and the maturity of even the best teenage pro soccer players. Could the Pids be falling back into another spell of bad luck? Is it time for that ol' PTSD to hit us fans? Or is the quality of play still keeping our hopes up?

Josh Wolff, the man the Rapids reportedly couldn't afford as manager has just been named the first ever gaffer for Austin. We talk about managerial prospects and why we may already have the right man for the job.

Then we look ahead to the weekend away in San Jose. The Quakes are uncharacteristically non sucky this year, but the Pids are non characteristically resilient too. We have very different opinions on how the game will go, mostly based on an updated injury report.