Colorado Rapids Fan Site - Unofficial home of Colorado Rapids Fans - Rapids fan sites » arsenal http://coloradorapidsfan.com Official home of passionate fans of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Rapids gun down Gunner reserves – Video of Colorado across the pond http://coloradorapidsfan.com/2010/03/rapids-gun-down-gunner-reserves-video-of-colorado-across-the-pond/ http://coloradorapidsfan.com/2010/03/rapids-gun-down-gunner-reserves-video-of-colorado-across-the-pond/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:13:36 +0000 brianrants http://coloradorapidsfan.com/?p=287

]]> http://coloradorapidsfan.com/2010/03/rapids-gun-down-gunner-reserves-video-of-colorado-across-the-pond/feed/ 0 Rapids partner with Real Maryland FC of the USL-2 http://coloradorapidsfan.com/2009/01/rapids-partner-with-real-maryland-fc-of-the-usl-2/ http://coloradorapidsfan.com/2009/01/rapids-partner-with-real-maryland-fc-of-the-usl-2/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:30:25 +0000 brianrants http://coloradorapidsfan.com/?p=70 Real Maryland FC LogoThe Rapids have partnered with Real Maryland FC of the USL Division II soccer league. Already partnered with Arsenal of the English Premier League and Club de Futbol Pachuca of Mexican’s Premier Division, this sets up a cooperation with one of our home grown leagues.

In leagues like the EPL there is a contiguous development of talent between the various divisions, similar to baseball here in the US. College soccer is option for the development of talent, but I think a multi-level professional soccer system would be far more effective as the professional and amateur distinction is a barrier. With professional teams you can exchange talent for the purposes of training and development.

Could we even some day see a strong enough professional system to support relegation and an American version of the FA Cup?

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