RLFC v Washington -1

Unless something changes last minute, it looks like it is full steam ahead on Saturday's Not Thunder game. I believe that the decision to cancel Thunder Over Louisville was almost universally seen as the correct if disappointing decision. One of these matchdays will line up better for Racing, but they will be 0 for 2 starting off the year on the “nice day for it” front. It appears that Racing has been using U of L facilities to prepare this week since access to Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center would have been by aquatic vessel only. It's been a week full of varying levels of challenges for everyone.

Speaking of challenges, Washington will present several of them for Racing on Saturday. An air show might have inspired a larger crowd and thus a more energetic effort from Racing on Saturday, but they will just have to work with whatever kind of crowd shows up on Saturday. There will likey be a fair amount of no-shows due to the cancelation of Thunder and/or parking issues. Racing will have to shake off those minor nuisances and focus on the pitch.

Any points against Washington will be good ones. The Spirit is clearly the more talented team. However, more than any other club in the league, Washington does tend to find ways to drop points in matches where they have no business doing so. If Racing can keep things close, they can steal a result.