Tweet The Rapids are happy this morning to state that a new era has arrived. So much so that they even project a starting line-up for today’s season opener against the Columbus Crew. That’s almost unheard of. The bad news is that newly signed playmaker Martin Rivero looks unlikely to play unless...
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...
Commentary: How to get Benny?
Tweet Whenever I hear a fellow countryman is heading back stateside, I get all excited. As Tommy Boy would say, “Hello there pretty little pet, I love you. And then I stroke it, and I pet it, and I massage it. Hehe I love it, I love my little naughty pet!” Now of course this is a professional kind of...
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...