preseason
A Rapids Win…done quick
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(Dang it! Wrong Stephen Keel! Sorry to be brief, but life is attacking me right now…not much time…)
Looks like the Colorado Rapids ended their pre-season on a high in the lower part of our fair nation: they beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 on a goal scored by Stephen Keel. And, to [...]
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Tags: Colorado Rapids, Herculez Gomez, Jose Burciaga Jr., Major League Soccer, Omar Cummings, preseasonBonus Rapids Bits & Business
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A couple stray items to pass on ahead of the weekend. To begin, the Rapids meet the Chicago Fire Saturday (as in, tomorrow) in their final pre-season test before the 2008 season…in Mississippi…for some reason. After that, it’s the opener against the Los Angeles Galaxy and, what I’ll wager, is a certain 1-0-0 [...]
Two Days of Previews Coming
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It has been said that the first day of any league’s season feels like Christmas Day. If that hasn’t been said, well, I’m saying it here (and elsewhere…using almost exactly the same language…slacker). The thing is, this cuts both ways: much like with Christmas, you find an avalanche of obligations on top of [...]
MacManus Cometh: Is Buying Scottish Buying Enough?
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To catch up on day-old news, there’s talk of a Scottish striker joining the Colorado Rapids: as you might have read on such sites as Black Panther: A Soccer Blog and Rapids Class VI, Colorado is negotiating with Dunfermline’s Thomas Kelly “Tam” MacManus. Now, to complete The Simpsons allusions, consider me the comic book [...]
What the Rapids Do, You Cannot Know…Except When We Tell You
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One of the first things I learned by eavesdropping on Colorado Rapids fans and blogs - and not just today, but over time - is that “the organization” isn’t the best about information sharing. As I understand it, they view blogs as “peasants”; it’s possible they’re a bit tight-lipped with local media as well, [...]
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