Category: Rapids 2
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Mamadou Billo Diop: The Best Colorado Rapids 2 Player You’ve Never Heard Of
Commerce City, CO – Most Colorado Rapids fans are aware that Rapids 2 have had a good season. They’ve seen SuperDraft pick Sydney Wathuta. They’re aware that Alex Harris and Sam Bassett have been on loan. Look at the stats, and they’ll see Mamadou Billo Diop with 14 regular season goals and one in the…
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Colorado Rapids 2 Feel Ready For Playoff Intensity After Beating Whitecaps 2
Commerce City, CO – Colorado Rapids 2 head coach Erik Bushey knows that intensity and focus can take you a long way in MLS NEXT Pro. R2 hosted Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 on Sunday afternoon in the first round of the NEXT Pro playoffs. Intensity and two “set pieces” won the day in a scrappy…
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Colorado Rapids USL Loans: Player Development is a “Crockpot, not a Microwave.”
Editorial – Eight different Colorado Rapids and Rapids 2 players have been loaned to the USL teams in 2025. After iterating on Individual Development Plans (IDPs) at the academy and MLS NEXT Pro levels, Colorado has figured out how they want to use the entire American Soccer pyramid to their benefit. “The more we put…
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Remí Cabral has Found a Home With USL Championship Phoenix Rising
Phoenix, AZ – For all the negative chatter about Colorado Rapids DP winger Kévin Cabral being a bust, his twin brother Remí is quietly doing his thing away from Colorado. Now in his second season with Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship. The former Rapids 2 striker won the MLS NEXT Pro Golden Boot in…
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Big F-ing Mike Edwards Loan to Charleston Battery: Burgundy Wave Reacts
COMMERCE CITY – Colorado Rapids have loaned center back Michael Edwards to USL Championship side Charleston Battery. This will be for the rest of 2025. Colorado has the option to recall Big F-ing Mike Edwards at anytime. Edwards played in four MLS games last year with two starts and a goal. He played in 10…
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Wayne Frederick, Trinidad International: “I Just Want to Make my Family Proud.”
COMMERCE CITY – Listening to a soft-spoken Wayne Frederick II talk about the changes he’s seen in his somewhat quick rise to MLS in Colorado, you can’t help but wonder how this young man has dealt with a fair bit of uncertainty coming up through the ranks. However, it’s dealing with those moves and setbacks…
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Colorado Rapids 2 are Coming Together Despite Home Opener Loss
COMMERCE CITY – Five road games to start a soccer season is tough. So is an offseason rebuild after drafting nine players. But Erik Bushey and company are making it work. Colorado Rapids 2 are coming together with new faces and renewed hope for player development. After a 3-1-1 start on that long road trip,…
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Nicolas Hansen Signs as Colorado Rapids First Team Third Goalkeeper
Commerce City – The Colorado Rapids finally have a third goalkeeper on their first team roster. Friday morning, the club announced Rapids 2 keeper Nicolas Hansen. The contract is a one-year deal for 2025 with club options for 2026 and 2027. Hansen had previously been called-up a few times with Zack Steffen and Adam Beaudry…
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Future Legends Future: Hailstorm’s Future in Flux Again as Merger With Rapids 2 Falls Through
WINDSOR – The future of Future Legends and Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC is in further doubt. Burgundy Wave can confirm a deal to merge with Colorado Rapids 2 is off. Multiple sources told Burgundy Wave that NoCo were expected to play in MLS NEXT Pro in 2025 as the affiliate of MLS side Colorado Rapids.…
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Colorado Rapids Parts Ways with Daniel Chacón Then Draw D.C. United in Preseason
COMMERCE CITY – Colorado Rapids have parted ways with center back Daniel Chacón, the club announced Monday. The contract was mutually terminated ahead of the start of the 2024 season. The 23-year-old has since signed with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense in his native Costa Rica. Chacón joined the organization in the summer of 2022, joining Rapids…
