Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.
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Overlapping fullbacks signal some potential in the Rapids offense
Last season for the Rapids was frustrating not only because of the fact that they weren't winning games, but because they were losing them while playing the blandest, ugliest offense some of us have ever seen a soccer team play. Remember Spain's 4-6-0 that they played for a few years? It was pretty much that,…
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$%^@ the Rapids
People have often talked about the Rapids being a bad team, but anyone who has been there since the start can tell you that isn't true. No, the big crime of the Rapids has always been mediocrity. They've historically been that middle-of-the-road team that you can usually count on to not finish last in the…
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Clint Irwin traded to Toronto FC
Earler in the week, it was scoffed at that the Rapids would be looking at Everton and USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard, partially because the Rapids already had two starter-worthy goalkeepers at the helm. They "fixed that problem" today by trading Clint Irwin to Toronto FC. Something on the personal and fan-wide ramifications of this move…
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Tim Howard is a panic move the Rapids shouldn’t make
Learning lessons is not a thing the Rapids do well, as we all know. So should it really surprise us that we're seeing a similar thing happen, but this time to Colorado, this year? So that leaves the Rapids in a bit of a pickle. Without Bedoya, the number of available USMNT players available with…
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Tim Howard is a panic move the Rapids shouldn’t make
Learning lessons is not a thing the Rapids do well, as we all know. So should it really surprise us that we're seeing a similar thing happen, but this time to Colorado, this year? So that leaves the Rapids in a bit of a pickle. Without Bedoya, the number of available USMNT players available with…
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The Rapids cannot possibly be this stupid
I have a theory. So when I hear Bravo saying something as absolutely insane as this…: Despite that, Bravo was saying the most mind-blowingly dumb thing I've ever heard. He is not that stupid, and the Rapids as a whole cannot possibly be that stupid. Incompetence is one thing. Undeniable idiocy is quite another. I…
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Former Managing Editor of Burgundy Wave proves to be Nostradamus
Well check out the 55:00 mark of the Rapids Thugcast from March of 2014, where one Chris White predicted… a Columbus-Portland match-up in the MLS Cup final. Yeah, it was a year early, but we're still going to count it. Who the hell else had that prediction in place for an MLS Cup final anywhere…
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I feel insulted by the Colorado Rapids’ fan forum
Why am I mad? Because they insulted us with what they said in that fan forum. I was expecting them to come out and dodge questions and spew platitudes about hard work and the like, but I wasn't expecting the bullshit show that we received. Borrowing quotes from JPR's post, here's what made me so…
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There is literally no reason to fire Pablo Mastroeni right now
If the Rapids were still in it, that might be a different story, but this team hasn't really been in the playoff race for weeks now. The Western Conference is stacked this season, and even six or seven more wins — a hilariously lofty goal for this team at the moment — might not yield…
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“The Rapids Way” can be pronounced dead
"We did everything we wanted to do." The fact that press conferences continue to go in this direction is the final clue that, yes, the 'Rapids Way' is dead, probably forever. Gary was dropped like a sack of wet rags because of that fact, and Pareja was brought in to usher in a new era.…
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