Tweet Earlier today the Rapids Undercurrent blog reported deals reached with key young stars. The press release just came out in the last few minutes, and the Rapids have inked 4 year deals with midfielders Colin Clark and Nick LaBrocca and defenders Jordan Harvey and Kosuke Kimura. For me, Clark and...
Former Rapid Petke lands with Red Bulls
Tweet Former Rapids defender Mike Petke has landed with the Red Bulls, as reported at Soccer365.com. Petke was dropped by the Rapids, and heads back to New York where he played from 1998 to 2002. The 32 year old Petke make 11 appearances for our beloved Rapids last season, scoring two goals. While I think...
The Rapids move forward in the 2009 Superdraft
Tweet The Rapids selected 3 forwards, 2 defenders, and a goalkeeper in the 2009 Superdraft. I have written previously about Colorado’s lack of a quality finisher, hopefully one of these 3 forwards can develop into that role. The first round contained a whole lot of Terrapins, but the Rapids were on the...
Gibbs withdraws from US Camp, Ihemelu his replacement
Tweet Following up on a previous article about Rapid’s defender Cory Gibbs, he has withdrawn from camp and is being replaced by Ugo Ihemelu. Hopefully this bodes well for our defense this season, to have two defenders on Team USA. Ihemelu has one cap versus Norway, and clearly has better hair than...
Gibbs has a shot to represent the Red, White & Blue
Tweet Colorado Rapids defender Cory Gibbs has been called to the US National Team’s training camp by coach Bob Bradley, as reported on the official Rapids website. Cory missed out on the 2006 World Cup with a knee injury, and will hopefully stay healthy on the road to the South African World Cup. Gibbs...