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It took a while for the Rapids to score another goal, but they were the better team in the second half, keeping the possession to themselves, avoiding as many fouls as the first frame, and putting together far better offensive maneuvers, which led to a bunch of corner kicks and chances. That's it guys, first… Continue reading Colorado Rapids 2 Columbus Crew 0 – A Statement Win

BW – The Crew seem to be a hard team to parse for me. I thought that they would be rather bad last year after their purge of players following the 2010 playoff loss – I'm often wrong about things, you may have noticed – but instead they managed to make a decent run for… Continue reading Crew vs. Rapids – Three Questions with Massive Report

EDIT: Zapata has been cleared to play and will likely be in the starting lineup Saturday.

The Rapids will need to keep that great home form up against Columbus starting on Saturday for first kick. Since they won't be meeting the Crew on the road – where they've lost 4-1, 3-1 and 2-1 in their last three games – they have an advantage unless they somehow manage to meet Columbus in… Continue reading Colorado have been good at home against Columbus the past few seasons

Come on, you knew this was coming. The Rapids didn't have a very good year in 2011 when it came to injuries. After good health for the first three games of the year – three games that the Rapids won by combined scorelines of 8-2 – the injury bug bit and bit hard, crippling the… Continue reading Ten Keys to the Season #1 – Health

Up until last year, Cummings had been improving every single season since he joined the Rapids. He doesn't necessarily need to be better than he was in 2010 come this year – the fact that a glut of new offensive talent has been inserted into the team should mitigate that need, which was certainly a… Continue reading Ten Keys to the Season #2 – Omar Cummings

First kick! Man, oh man, it feels really good to write that. This game will likely set the tone for the season; if the Rapids come out and score four goals we know that the new system works, but a Columbus shutout would be… concerning, especially considering the Rapids have been so fantastic against the… Continue reading Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew – Game Preview

First kick! Man, oh man, it feels really good to write that. This game will likely set the tone for the season; if the Rapids come out and score four goals we know that the new system works, but a Columbus shutout would be… concerning, especially considering the Rapids have been so fantastic against the… Continue reading Colorado Rapids vs. Columbus Crew – Game Preview

Name: Omar Cummings Number: 14 Appearances: 26 (8) Stats: 3 Goals, 6 Assists Come on, Omar… Oh, Omar. You were supposed to be the shining star of 2011, you were supposed to put in 10+ goals and lead the Rapids to another brilliant finish. Instead, 2011 turned out to be the worst season statistically of… Continue reading 2011 Player Rating and Review: Omar Cummings

When the Rapids picked up Gary Smith from Arsenal and eventually promoted him to the head coaching position, they got themselves a guy who was a rather unknown commodity. He had done some coaching with Wimbledon and other teams, but there wasn't really anything to look at except for the knowledge that he was a… Continue reading Ten Keys to the Season #3 – Oscar Pareja