From a neutral point of view, it was a glorious night of football. Fast-paced, multiple changes of momentum, some lovely goals, and several amazing saves. From a home team standpoint, I’m quite disappointed we didn’t pick up the 3 points. It’s been a crazy week, hence the late post, and a brief one at that. Back to the game, the thunderstorms...

The Rapids continue to find ways to get points, but they must feel it was two points less than it should’ve been. Versus an injury-riddled Revolution, the Rapids gave up a silly penalty and failed to muster a second goal. It should be said that our young Rapids were on the road, in poor weather, on a difficult artificial surface. However these are the...

Mark, thanks for taking a moment to chat with CRF! First off, tell us about when and how your passion for the Rapids began. I’ve been around since the beginning.  In high school, my teammates and I were skipping classes to watch the 1990 World Cup, so our principal finally gave in and put a TV in the cafeteria for us to watch matches.  Then was the very...

At that half I noted the dramatically improved play by Kimura, but the best was yet to come. His attacking runs from the back were rewarded with his first MLS goal, an insurance goal in the 60th minute. We are a young team, and prone to up and down play. So the sluggish play we demonstrated against the Galaxy is bound to return. However, this was much much...

The Rapids have finally come out looking like the home team in the first half at DSGP, and lead at the half 1-0 vs rivals Fake Salt Lake. The back four are pushing much farther up the pitch, a welcome adjustment by Gary Smith. The standout player of the half for me is Kimura, who made a handful of great runs on the right. In fact the goal off the forehead of...