Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.
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Juan Ramirez can’t just be Martin Rivero 2.0
There's a lot of similarities between the stories of Rivero and Ramirez. Both are young Argentines who most Americans will have never heard of. Both are attack-minded midfielders, and both are being touted as a player to run the Rapids offense right from the start after their signing. The biggest difference is the DP status…
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Parting is such sweet sorrow
Back in late June of 2010, I was an incredibly active SB Nation user, posting tons of comments and reading nearly every story on sites like Buffalo Rumblings, Mile High Hockey and Purple Row. At that time, SBN was planning on launching regional sites (these later fell out of use, but were actually a fairly…
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Colorado Rapids reportedly looking at Fulham F Hugo Rodallega
Numerous sources around the internet including this Spanish article, have had the Rapids keen on the Colombian star. Fulham aren't in the Prem anymore, but Rodallega's level of talent is lower-tier Premier League quality, as he proved with many starts at both Wigan and Fulham. Past his time in England, the Colombian has also had…
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Nick Labrocca is coming back for 2015
With Labrocca confirmed back, defensive midfield is starting to look like one of the deeper spots on the team rather than the weakness that it looked to be at the start of the off-season.
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Nick Labrocca is coming back for 2015
With Labrocca confirmed back, defensive midfield is starting to look like one of the deeper spots on the team rather than the weakness that it looked to be at the start of the off-season.
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MLS confirms Colorado to host 2015 MLS All Star Game
Everyone knew it was coming, but it did have to be made official at some point: the league made an official announcement at Union Station today that the Colorado Rapids' home stadium would be the home of the 2015 MLS All-Star game. The game will be at 7 p.m. MT on July 29th, the second…
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2015 MLS SuperDraft: Colorado Rapids draft three players in round 4
With their picks, they selected a forward and two defenders. Interestingly enough, Seth Caspie, a defensive midfielder from Cal, was Mr. Irrelevant in the draft and was on the board when the Rapids had their final pick. He was MLSSoccer.com's favorite mock draft selection for the Rapids in the first round. Goes to show, you…
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The later rounds of the MLS SuperDraft continue to atrophy
Rounds three and four of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be today, but there's probably no real use paying much attention to it. Over the past few seasons, the SuperDraft has started to lower in overall importance and quality, even though there are still starters and fantastic developable players to be had in the mix…
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Colorado Rapids acquire MF Sam Cronin in trade
Sarvas and Cronin might be paired together in the new look Rapids midfield next season, with the lack of depth in those positions that we saw at the start of the off-season now starting to look more of a strength for the rebuilding team. They likely still have plenty of allocation money in the books,…
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Colorado Rapids acquire MF Sam Cronin in trade
Sarvas and Cronin might be paired together in the new look Rapids midfield next season, with the lack of depth in those positions that we saw at the start of the off-season now starting to look more of a strength for the rebuilding team. They likely still have plenty of allocation money in the books,…
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