Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.
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Confident and Eager Moïse Bombito: “I Feel Like I Belong Here.”
EDITORIAL – My fellow parents know that when your child is of a certain endless-energy age, team sports can be an absolute lifesaver. Moïse Bombito’s mother was no different. Thankfully for Colorado Rapids fans, the young boy from Montreal took to much about the game and has followed his passion to Commerce City, Colorado and…
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First W Gold Cup Title: Lindsey Horan Rises to Occasion to Lead USWNT
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Approximately 40 years ago, I was working at the Institut Merieux in Lyon, France as a young biotechnologist. One evening, I walked to the city’s highest point, the Tour métallique de Fourvière, with my laboratory partner. I was impressed by the vividly illuminated tower and noticed that the hulking steel work of…
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Goal Bassett Gets Colorado’s Second Ever Win in Sandy
SANDY, Utah – For just the second time in their history, the Colorado Rapids went to Sandy, Utah to play Real Salt Lake and came out with three points. A poor start to the game saw an injury to a key player and a familiar goal. But a gradually better performance and ruthlessness saw the…
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USWNT vs Brazil Preview: Horan and Smith Determined to Finish on top
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – In the first-ever Concacaf W Gold Cup Championship match, the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) will attempt to best CONMEBOL’s Brazil side on Sunday evening USWNT’s always eager and forward looking captain, Lindsey Horan, expressed herself this way after her team trumped Team Canada in a messy game, “I’m…
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Crossing The Rockies: Every Former Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake Player From Adolfo Gregorio to Pablo Mastroeni to Jasper Löffelsend
EDITORIAL – The first leg of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Cup is this weekend. The match could see Jasper Löffelsend join 20 or so players to play for both Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake. Club and league legends have represented both sides of this rivalry. There’s also several deep cuts you’ll barely remember. Here…
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The Rapids Community Celebrates Supporter Joan Dobrzynski
COMMERCE CITY – In January, Joan Dobrzynski succumbed to leukemia that manifested in her bone marrow. Her valiant effort to defeat the predator did not go unnoticed. Even while she was at war, Joan mustered up ample wellness, tenderness, and good will to help her neighbors, including myself, comeback from their setbacks, both narrow and…
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Podcast: RSL Preview
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, it’s the Rocky Mountain Cup! Rabbi and Red banter about Rapids 2 playing in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the replacement refs being poor. Then we break down what happened against Nashville. An improved performance, Calvin Harris creating a goal,…
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USWNT Slip ‘N Slide Past Canada in W Gold Cup Semifinal.
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – Soccer analysts and fans alike agreed that last night’s match between rivals United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) and Team Canada would be a first rate slog. They did not expect that the semifinal game of the Concacaf W Gold Cup tournament would be played on a hyper-saturated bog, and…
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USWNT Canada Preview: Concacaf W Gold Cup Semifinal
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup tournament resumes tomorrow when the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) faces-off with their oldest and most frequent opponent, Canada. The rivalry will be played in the tournament’s semifinal round. Concurrent, Mexico will battle with Brazil. The winners will advance to the tournament’s championship match…
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USWNT Columbia Recap: Lady Yanks Trample Las Cafeteras to Make Semifinals
LOS ANGELES – Following their embarrassing loss to a herculean Mexico team, the United States Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) team came out huffing and puffing, and channeled all of their negative energy at an unsuspecting Columbia side. The result was a scrappy 3-0 win the W Gold Cup Concacaf quarterfinals. In the 11th minute,…
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