Tweet What do Gary Smith and I have in common? Apart from being English and coming from the same neck of the woods in the old country that is. That’s right, MLS did not renew either of our contracts for the 2012 season. Well, technically, I suppose it was the Rapids who didn’t renew Gary’s...
Mid-Season Starting XI Breakdown
Tweet If I had to pick the Rapids starting eleven mid-season it would look like this: Goalkeeper: Matt Pickens Defense: RB Kosuke Kimura, CB Tyrone Marshall, CB Drew Moor, LB Marvell Wynne Midfield: RM Brian Mullan, CM Jeff Larentowicz, CM Pablo Mastroeni, LM Jamie Smith Forwards: F Conor Casey, F Omar...
Deja Vu – Late Goal Curse Hits Rapids at RSL
Tweet In a nightmare that keeps repeating itself, a late goal from a questionable call downed the Rapids on a blustery night at Rio Tinto. A soft free kick in the waning seconds led to this: The free kick itself was an unwelcome, though probably justified intervention on a night where the referees overall...
“Depth” lands Rapids in Deep [Deleted]
Tweet It sounded good. With 3 matches in 10 days, concluding with the massive first leg of the Rocky Mountain Cup, why not test our vaunted new depth? Gary Smith gave super sub Sanna Nyassi and Open Cup starter Joseph Nane a chance to start in midfield, and the result looked more like the Rapids reserve team...
The U.S. Open Cup is Dead
Tweet I did not get the chance to watch the match yesterday. Chicago Fire 2 – Rapids Reserves 1. Once I saw the starting XI that Gary Smith decided to go with in our first U.S. Open Cup play-in match this year, there was no reason for me to watch the game and put my best foot forward. After all, the...