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Podcast: St. Louis City Preview
This week on Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red break down a 2-2 draw at Charlotte FC. We discuss Cole Bassett’s injury, Max getting his first MLS goal, and Diego Rubio leading the way. There’s concerns about the similarities between the two goals. Then we have a St. Louis City preview. What’s with the…
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Dantouma Toure Waived by Colorado Rapids for Personal Reasons
Colorado Rapids have waived forward Dantouma Toure, the club announced yesterday. As first reported by Brendan Ploen of the Denver Post, “it is related to a personal matter.” Toure, nicknamed “Yaya,” is 18-years-old. The club acquired him as a Homegrown player in March 2021 from the New York Red Bulls. He spent most of 2021…
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U.S. Soccer and Mexico to Express Interest in Co-Hosting 2027 Women’s World Cup
Leadership from U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) have announced they that have jointly submitted letter to FIFA expressing their interest in co-hosting the 2027 Women’s World Cup in both nations. FIFA set a April 19th, 2023 deadline for global federations to submit a statement of interest, and then their respective intent to…
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Rapids Draw Charlotte 2-2 Behind Max First MLS Goal and Barrios in Stoppage Time
Colorado Rapids got a fourth positive result in the row on Saturday night, coming from behind to draw Charlotte FC 2-2 on the road behind a Max first MLS goal and a stoppage time finish from Michael Barrios. It was another chop-and-change lineup from Head Coach Robin Fraser. Andreas Maxsø was out having suffered a…
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Wayne Brant Named Chief Business Officer. Fran Taylor Named Sporting Director.
Wayne Brant has been named Chief Business Officer of the Colorado Rapids, the club announced Monday. He previously was Senior Vice President of Business Operations. Additionally Fran Taylor has been named Sporting Director, having been hired as Assistant General Manager in 2018. This comes after the club naming Pádraig Smith President last week. Brant has…
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Pádraig Smith Named President of Colorado Rapids
This morning Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced that Pádraig Smith was named President of the Colorado Rapids. His previous full title was Executive Vice President & General Manager. The President position has not been occupied since Tim Hinchey’s departure in July 2017. Smith joined the club in 2015 having previously worked with Union of European…
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Injured and Under Duress, Rapids Find a way in Fraser’s 100th Game
Gosh, the MLS Script Writers went for it in this one. The Rapids went into Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday night, injured and frustrated. They found a way to make Fraser’s 100th game in charge a positive one. The match mirrored the reverse fixture back on March 4. Some decent transition play and set pieces…
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A Retrospective on the 0-0 Draw With LAFC
The Colorado Rapids rose to the occasion in front of a nearly full DICK’s Sporting Good Park Stadium, defied big Vegas odds, and nearly defeated a talent-rich LAFC side. The spirited Saturday evening crowd boosted the team’s confidence and catalyzed Fraser’s back six to play steadfast defense from start to finish. Together, they were the…
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The Colorado Soccer Pyramid has Rivalries Brewing
For the second straight year, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC hosted Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It was a cagy affair. Freezing temperatures. A few snow flakes. Switchbacks rotated their squad against a mostly first choice NoCo side, which beat them last year in a game that ended 10-v-10. It…
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Hello world! Welcome to the new Burgundy Wave.
We’ve gone independent. Here’s our new website. It’s a work in progress. The full transfer of the archives of everything that was on SB Nation are in the works. We’ll let you know when that happens in full. In the meantime, we’ll start covering all Colorado Rapids happenings here at the new Burgundy Wave website.…
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