The Rapids waived Pat Noonan today. He’s probably a victim of the new guaranteed contract language in the new CBA. This leaves the Rapids with an open senior and an open developmental spot, based on the current understanding of the new CBA. Andy Lorei is still likely to take the developmental spot in my opinion. Read More …
On the heels of my post yesterday about Gary Smith having a set 24 in mind at the moment comes news from Steward Ceus that he’ll be returning to the USL-2 Charlotte Eagles on loan this season. Ceus joined Charlotte in June last year for the remaining part of their season, playing 10 times for Read More …
Hi all! The Grand Poobah asked if I’d be willing to share some of my on-field analysis of the team. For those who may not know me I’m Jason Ma on BigSoccer, and before I started the View From the Couch blog I wrote under the same title at Rapidsfan.com. On to current news. Today Read More …
The first signs appeared at 1:15 ET on Galarcep’s blog, the Rapids were making a deal with New England. One minute later the rumor was corroborated by Steven Goff via Twitter. Then there was a lot of copying, followed by silence. Was there a trade? Did it fall through? Then suddenly the Rapids traded Jacob Peterson Read More …
Everyone who is anyone within the Rapids organization is sworn to secrecy. The videos the Rapids have put out, on facebook, promise information about the draft but deliver complaints about the weather in Florida.
What’s a fan to do for information on how the Rapids will use the 22nd, twenty-second, pick in the 2010 draft
We’re back! After a prolonged absence, we’re back to doing our weekly interviews. This week, the newest Rapids player, defender Drew Moor more was gracious enough to take time to answer questions from Craig deAragon. [display_podcast]
by Donna Feldman The word of the day is “plyometrics,” which is how keeper Matt Pickens described how goal keeper training differs from the endurance training the other players work on. Plyometrics improves the ability to quickly dive for a shot, or leap sideways or forwards to bat the ball away from the goal. With Read More …
by Donna Feldman Part 2 for this week Jamie Smith made his debut as a Rapid against Columbus last weekend towards the end of the game, and immediately made his presence known, to the approval of our most discerning fans. Did the soft-spoken Scot set out to make a good first impression? He said he Read More …
It’s tough to say goodbye to a friend, and to Class VI – Terry Cooke was truly our friend. Already getting flooded with emails that are upset by the waiving of Terry Cooke for Scottish winger Jamie Smith and I can see that we’re close to another Kyle Beckerman situation. Of course as Rapids fans, Read More …
Volunteering to post a weekly article for NoFanAlone is a Good News/Bad News situation. The Good News: I get to interview soccer mucky mucks, including players and coaches. Bad News: I might have to actually appear to know technical soccer stuff when interviewing those players and coaches. Given that it took me 4 years to Read More …
