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Arsenal - Blackburn on Fox Soccer Channel Now
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After twenty fairly dull minutes, Colorado’s brothers are knotted up at 0-0 vs. Blackeye Rovers. Man, Baptista just got slammed to the ground by a new Rovers thug - Christopher Samba. That guy could play Tight End for the Ravens he’s so big.
22 minutes in and Arsenal’s Aliadiere goes over Friedel (USA! USA! USA!) and [...]
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Roster Compliance for MLS this Wednesday
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By March 1, MLS teams need to have their rosters down to 18 senior team players and 10 developmental players. And if Stephen Keel and his wasps nest of a hairdo doesn’t make the team (especially after scoring over the weekend, and not just at the local discoteca), I’m calling out all the decision makers [...]
Category: Team NewsPablo Mastroeni Set to Return to the Rapids
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How’s this for a flurry of posts?
Actually, this one will be quite short. Pablo recently endured a “arthroscopic procedure on his left knee”, and not saying “surgery” doesn’t make it any less expensive, I bet. When I see arthroscopic [anything], I immediately think 9 months, but Pablo is a MAN and he will return in [...]
Category: Team NewsRapids Get Tied Up in Mexico
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The Rapids preseason tour of Mexico ended yesterday with a 2-2 tie against Cruz Azul. Herculez scored again (3 in two games now), and based on his name, I think I have found my favorite player for the Rapids. Omar Cummings scored the second and since my ignorance of the local team knows no bounds, [...]
The Great 2007 Hair Off
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…or, Who Has the Worst Hair in MLS.
Being inspired by the mirror this morning, and further motivated by three straight hours of status meetings, I’ve come up with two players from each team that appear to have animals living on top of their head. Actually, to make sure the maximum number of people read this [...]
Category: Team NewsA Rapids Insider Blog
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Now I know where to go for all my first-hand news! Stephen Keel’s blog entry from this weekend discusses the game vs. Tuzos Cuahtitlan (Stephen scored in that one - hooray for that), some training hijinx, and upcoming team plans, including today’s game vs. real competition (Cruz Azul) in Mexico City.
Category: Team NewsWeekend Rapids Roundup
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With family visiting from out of town, I haven’t had much time to surf on the world wide web of internets. However, here are the latest notes and nibbles for the Rockies (for all one of you out there who cares):
Forward Jacob Peterson made the trip with the U-23s to Japan but is still hurtin’ [...]
Category: Team NewsMLS Players’ Name Analysis
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When I was in high school, approximately 86% of the kids on the soccer team were named either Chad, Josh, or Aldo (I lived near a Portuguese neighborhood, and to be honest the Aldos were probably outnumbered 10-1 by the Joshes and Chads). Until MLS started I had no idea there were Americans playing soccer [...]
Category: Team NewsRapids Win Pre-Season Opener
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In a shocking upset, the Rapids de Colorado defeated Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo in Pachuca, Mexico. The 5-1 final score was not indicative of the difficulty Colorado had in dispatching one of their oldest and fiercest rivals. Or, something.
Angel Sosa, who is on trial for the team, scored two goals. And if he’s [...]
The Rapids - Arsenal Partnership
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So I was thinking about the world of partnerships and what makes some successful while others are… um, less successful (I’m looking at YOU Yankees-Manchester United). Is a partnership only successful if BOTH entities reap rewards beyond what they would have without the relationship? Do non-monetary considerations make any real difference in the evaluation? For [...]
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