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Colorado “waives” goodbye to Pat Noonan

brianrants — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:03:56 +0000

Pat Noonan’s career with the Rapids is over, as he suffered the dreaded disgrace of being “waived.” From the Rapids Website

Noonan appeared in 17 games with nine starts and scored two goals for the Rapids last season after being acquired by Colorado in a trade with the Columbus Crew on June 15, 2009.

Two Points:

You could see this coming
This was an absolutely rotten trade for Colorado

On the first point, I remember Pat sitting dejectedly in the locker room at the end of last season. He still was courteous enough to grant me an interview, and I still regard him as a gentleman. However, he admitted himself he was trying to be “dangerous” again. He never achieved that goal with the Rapids.

On the latter matter, we gave up a 2010 MLS SuperDraft natural first-round selection and some cash. In return we got two goals. Sheesh.

The Rapids were right to cut our losses and move on. You were a great guy though Pat…thanks.

Read the official press release

Pat Noonan needs a haircut…badly

brianrants — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:23:08 +0000

Pat is one of my favorite dudes to interview. Great guy. Homes needs a haircut though.

Rapids rush past DC United

brianrants — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:22 +0000

In the most complete game the Rapids have played this season, they easily disassembled DC United. With Conor Casey on international duty, Omar Cummings made the fans at DSGP say “Conor who?” in a simply brilliant display of skill.

In the first few minutes of the game, it was a brisk battle for possession, neither team especially crisp. Cummings opened the scoring in the 11′ off a fantastic ball by LaBrocca, hurdling the defender and putting it in the back of the net.

Around the 30th minute, Cummings nearly made it 2-0 off a nice pass from Noonan. The ensuing corner saw a Ihemelu shot off the bar, and Masteoeni put the rebound on target, but a fingertip save directed it again off the frame.

A fantastic save in the 44th kept a Chris Pontius header out of the goal. Then in extra time, Cummings made it a brace with another spectacular finish. He intercepted a poor United back pass, but seemed to waste it with his first touch. He manger to evade the oncoming goalie by pushing it far to the right. I seemed he was far too wide, but he cut it across his body and put it over a lunging defender and into the back of the net.

Distracted by the 2 for 1 t-shirt deals, I nearly missed Cummings make another spectacular play to setup goal #3. He outran the defender to the endline, then placed a gorgeous ball across goal to Clark who stuck it in the net.

On the defensive side, Palguta at least 4 huge stops. He was a stalwart in the middle, and gets my vote for the starting role. Pickens also got a well deserved shutout. He made the saves he should, and also made a couple spectacular ones as well.

For more on the match

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4th is fine facing DC

brianrants — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:29:55 +0000

The Rapids occupy 4th place in the Western Confeernce heading into tonight’s matchup vs D.C. United. That is actually somewhat positive considering the Rapids have played 2-3 less games than every other team.

The schedule also softens. While 7 of our first 11 games were on the road, now 9 of our next 12 are at DSGP. I believe the Rapids need to be in 2nd at the end of these next 12 games. This is our chance to make our move.

It will be interesting to see if newly acquired Pat Noonan sees action, and how he fits into the team. Hopefully he can help fill a large Conor Casey sized hole in the attack.