Jackson Travis on the bench and healthy. Rapids 2 gk and Notre Dame alum Bryan Dowd also on the bench. Morgan Whitaker starts. 🎉 Also Georgi Minoungou. 😒 #Rapids96
Soccer_Rabbi, Mark Asher Goodman
@rabbimarkasherg.bsky.social
Actual rabbi, soccer podcaster and writer. Uses the f-word probably a little too much. Buy my book. https://yourbayit.org/lifelessons/
Guys I got shit to do. I can't be wasting mental energy on things Macklemore recently said. Most of us had forgotten he existed.
Or take caffeine pills, or zero calorie Five Hour Energy. This rabbi endorses either.
Coffee-drinking Jews: This is your annual PSA that if you plan to fast on Yom Kippur (note that you should absolutely *not* fast unless it's mentally & physically safe for you), you should start tapering your caffeine now. Your Yom Kippur self will thank you.
Welcome to the second-least motivated day in the Jewish calendar the day after Rosh Hashanah, when you are a solo rabbi that led 9 hours of services in the past 48 hours. This days lack of productivity is only to be topped by the day after Yom Kippur.
Highest rated players last night according to G+ Darren Yapi and Donovan Phillip. Lowest? Georgi Minoungou. #Rapids96
Colorado Rapids: 1 (2.2 xG) vs CF Montréal: 0 (0.67 xG) #COLvMTL | #Rapids96 | #CFMTL | #MLS | 🤖⚽
Rapids win and move to 11-2-12, on 35 pts. They sit in 7th place with 9 matches left in the season. #Rapids96
If the Rapids hold this lead and win 1-0 it'll be their 6th 1-0 win of the year and their 5th since June 22. Out of 10 matches. It's just their thing. #Rapids96
80' Big claim Nico Hansen! #Rapids96
54' Sayed Abu Farkhi comes on wearing 'Sayed' on his back. Morgan Whitaker checks in too. Both getting their first minutes for the Colorado Rapids. #Rapids96
LAFC loses to abysmal SKC? CHAOS IN LOS ANGELES. (Also hey LAFC maybe remember Rosh Hashanah next year huh?)
FINAL. #SportingKC has defeated LAFC in the 2026 MLS Regular Season. 3-1 the final. André Luiz gets his first in MLS, and by and large, Sporting contained a very good LAFC side.
43' PHILLIP FOULED IN THE BOX. PAXTON AARONSON SCORES THE PK1
THERE. 40'. Keegan Rosenberry free kick gets headed off the bar! There's life yet!
38' Have the Rapids created anything? Not that I've noticed. Sigh. #Rapids96
38' Have the Rapids created anything? Not that I've noticed. Sigh. #Rapids96
Prince Owusu is in the race for the golden boot. 13 goals! Also - 5 are PK goals. Most among the top 20 golden boot players. Also, Messi has 20. #Rapids96
I lead services solo for 4 straight hours. Watched 3 soccer games. Ran 3 miles. This is the Soccer_Rabbi Marathon. #Rapids96
1’ Kickoff. Colorado Rapids hosting CF Montreal. Morgan Whittaker and Sayed Abu Farkhi on the bench for Colorado. Dante Sealy starts for CFM against his former club. 0-0 | #Rapids96
25' Donovan Phillip gets jobbed on a phantom foul. What a great opportunity spoiled by the zebras. #Rapids96
23' Nothing makes me less excited than Georgi Minoungu on the ball. And there he goes, doing nothing again. Commentators think Drew Fisher should have given a yellow for a dive in the box. #Rapids96
13' Hotel wifi's a little dicey. So dual screening with Avengers: Civil War. I've caught parts of this movie for a decade. Dunno if I've ever watched it all the way through. This and Ultron are two movies where I've caught parts of it, don't understand it, can't tell you what the plot is.
7' Field looks a little ragged at DSGP. Just googled 'concerts dsgp 2026' and yes, Phish's three night stint took place over labor day, Sept 4-6. @bymattpollard.bsky.social always calls it 'PhishDicks', although I'm unclear if that's canon. #Rapids96
2' Rapids make a bad turnover and concede a huge chance early. Yikes. Lets not do a WPIOOTB goes wrong tonight, please. #Rapids96
My traditional annual roundup of football clubs I like posting about Jewish holidays. And a simple review of the post. First: Arsenal. Simple and classy. Thanks fellas!
Props to the entertainment/music coordinator at FNB Stadium. Yu Tsukanome steps on the pitch to the strains of Soulja Boy's 'Crank That (Superman)'. "Now watch me (Yuu), crank that Soulja Boy Now watch me (Yuu), crank that Soulja Boy Now watch me (Yuu), crank that Soulja Boy..." #RiverhoundsSC
I'm watching Pittsburgh v Loudoun and my God this Loudoun team cannot hit water with a boat. Three fantastic chances inside the 18 yd box in the last ten minutes and they cannot put it on frame. If the Hounds see this one out, they were gifted 3 pts. #RiverhoundsSC
Raya’s a beast. Hashem be praised.
Lines up nicely that I can lead Rosh Hashanah services all morning then binge the Arsenal, Riverhounds, and Rapids games all afternoon/evening. Woohoo!
45+3’ Atencio hammers Gallagher and gets a yellow. Insert joke about mallets and watermelons here. #Rapids96
23’ Sick volley from Paxton Aaronson and the Rapids are up 1-0 on the road. #Rapids96