Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.
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Podcast: Home Game vs Houston Dynamo Preview
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. Welcome to Holding The High Line with Rabbi and Red. This week on the podcast, we have a requested banter topic to discuss which Rapids players are the biggest thirst traps. We review the draw against Seattle Sounders. Did Djordje Mihailovic play well even with the missed penalty? Why…
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Colorado Rapids-Houston Dynamo Preview: Five Questions With Bayou City Soccer
PREVIEW – Burgundy Wave reached out to our fellow former SB Nation colleagues, Bayou City Soccer ahead of Colorado Rapids home game against Houston Dynamo this weekend. Formerly Dynamo Theory, they cover soccer in Houston. BW asked five questions to help preview Saturday’s match against Ben Olsen and company. Thank you Managing Editor Dustyn Richardson…
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Open Cup Set Piece Kings: Joshua Belluz Debut Goal Seems R2 Down Azteca
COMMERCE CITY – Colorado Rapids 2 hosted Azteca FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Thursday night. It was Rapidos’ first ever match in the Cup and Azteca’s first time against a Rapids club at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park. R2 manager Erik Bushey had seven players available from the first team. Four of…
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Coloradans In Action: March 16-17
The Coloradans in Action series is underway and plenty of Centennial State players were involved in matches across American soccer this week.
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Scabby The Ref: C38 Members Support PRO Referee Strike
COMMERCE CITY – The Colorado Rapids played their first home game of the 2024 MLS season on Saturday, March 2. We are now four weeks into the new season. The PRO Referee strike continues as MLS referee officials have not reached a new collective bargaining agreement with MLS. As a result, the league has resorted…
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Kรฉvin Cabral Rescues Point After Djordje Mihailoviฤ Penalty Miss Against 10-Man Sounders
SEATTLE, Wash. – Two penalties, one made, one missed. Two red cards, one of which was rescinded. And a late equalizer from a DP gathering dust on the bench. Colorado Rapids at Seattle Sounders was anything but an afternoon snooze fest. Connor Ronan sustained a knee injury in Salt Lake, forcing Chris Armas to make…
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Match Day 4 Preview: Four Questions With Sounder At Heart
PREVIEW – Burgundy Wave is once again collaborating with Sounder At Heart. We each asked each other a few questions about the other team to preview the match and get our audiences reacquainted with the opposition. Bellow you’ll find Dave Clark‘s responses and some betting odds. Find our piece on their site here. BW: The…
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Ralph Priso Trade to Vancouver: Potential Unfulfilled. Good Luck.
COMMERCE CITY – The Colorado Rapids have traded midfielder Ralph Priso to Vancouver Whitecaps, the club announced Tuesday morning. As first reported by Tom Bogert of The Athletic, Colorado receive a first and third round pick in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft. The trade includes up to $150,000 in General Allocation incentives. Bogert reported but the…
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Podcast: Rocky Mountain Cup win, Rapids Seattle Preview, Ralph Priso
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans! How about that win in the Rocky Mountain Cup?! Holding The High is back with good vibes. We banter about Oliver Larraz maybe getting a nickname and the USWNT winning the Concacaf W Gold Cup. The Great Horan was great. Then we break down that win over Real Salt…
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The Curious Case of Marko Iliฤ Getting Loaned
COMMERCE CITY – On Friday, Colorado Rapids confirmed that they have loaned goalkeeper Marko Iliฤ to Sarpsborg 08 FFin the Eliteserien in Norway, until July 15th. There is no option to buy. This move comes after Colorado acquired Zack Steffen on a free transfer over the offseason. Adam Beaudry has signed a Homegrown contract as well…
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