Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.

People make way too much of formations. Except for the very start of the match when the two teams are lined up ready for kick-off, it's rare that the players on a team are going to look exactly the way that the starting XI had them laid out. Players rotate in attack, fullbacks overlap, midfielders…

O'Neill's lack of minutes has been the topic of a few discussions, including one earlier this season about his apparent want of more. The post I made earlier in the year about how fabulous the Rapids defense has been has weathered a bit in the weeks since — surprise, surprise, a 0.5 GA mark per…

O'Neill's lack of minutes has been the topic of a few discussions, including one earlier this season about his apparent want of more. The post I made earlier in the year about how fabulous the Rapids defense has been has weathered a bit in the weeks since — surprise, surprise, a 0.5 GA mark per…

The Rapids probably should have won the game on Friday. Past a ridiculously well set-up goal for FC Dallas, the defense was mostly stout and the Rapids moved the ball pretty well in the middle third of the park even discounting the fact that they were a man up for a half hour. Unfortunately, the…

Sure, the offense hasn't produced as of yet, but as long as the defense remains this good, the Rapids will always be in contention.

Good luck to Omar, who is joining the current reigning NASL champion and should finally have a chance at some more silverware in his career.

It's obvious that the Nuggets and Avalanche both generally get far more viewership on the network than the Rapids do, but this is still an incredibly stupid move on the part of Altitude. Both the Avs and Nuggets are out of their respective playoff races. The Avs are playing perhaps the worst team in the…

It's obvious that the Nuggets and Avalanche both generally get far more viewership on the network than the Rapids do, but this is still an incredibly stupid move on the part of Altitude. Both the Avs and Nuggets are out of their respective playoff races. The Avs are playing perhaps the worst team in the…

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Arguments have been made back and forth about how good Deshorn Brown was or how good Deshorn Brown could eventually be, but we shouldn't talk about Deshorn Brown any more at this point. He's gone to Europe and we're not likely to see him back in burgundy any time soon. Unfortunately for the Rapids, regardless…