Burgundy Wave: Covering Colorado Soccer since July 2010.
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Jonathan Lewis Handball Sees Rapids Draw Home Opener
COMMERCE CITY – One has to wonder if DICK’S Sporting Goods Park is haunted. During the past few seasons, it appears that bad karma settles into this soccer specific venue, and the home team often takes it on the chin, in the solar plexus or both. Once again the Colorado Rapids experienced an unlucky outcome…
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Rapids-Nashville Preview: A True Test
COMMERCE CITY – Hopeful optimism was in abundance prior to the Colorado Rapids’ season opener against the Portland Timbers last Saturday. It’s safe to say that things did not go according to plan. Chris Armas’ men suffered a 4-1 capitulation at Providence Park, with many errors providing an echo of last season’s woes. The Rapids will…
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Rapids 2 to play in U.S. Open Cup. Colorado first team left out.
COMMERCE CITY — The fate of the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been decided. One thing’s clear after the dust has finally settled: It’s a definitive shakeup, but the 109-year-old tournament will endure. On Friday, after months of back-and-forth discussions about how to give the respect the national championship deserves without overloading schedule…
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Abe Rod and Adam Beaudry: Similarities, Differences, and Lessons Learned
EDITORIAL – Last winter, the Colorado Rapids did not pick up the team option on Homegrown goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez. Abe Rod had just had a good year with Rapids 2 and made his first team debut on Decision Day. In January, they signed graduating senior Adam Beaudry to a Homegrown contract. What are the similarities…
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Podcast: Collaboration With Urban Pitch
PODCAST – Hello Darkness My Old Friend. Also hello Rapids fans. This week on Holding The High Line, our Group Think PTSD is back. We banter about MLS Commissioner Don Garber’s comments about journalists being lazy by covering Lionel Messi. The boys have takes on what Garber may not realize about covering MLS and the…
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Mexico’s Snappy La Tri Stifle USWNT 2-O in W Gold Cup Play
CARSON, Calif. – Monday evening’s North American rivalry game between the United States and Mexico in drizzly Los Angeles was billed as the Group A finale of CONCACAF’s first-ever W Gold Cup tournament. However, the showdown played out more like an emotional must-win quarterfinal match in a Women’s World Cup tourney. Mexico’s newly anointed head…
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Honeymoon Over? Timbers Take Rapids to Woodshed With Sam Vines Own Goal.
PORTLAND, Ore. – That was the mother of all reality checks. On Saturday night, the Colorado Rapids opened the 2024 season at Portland Timbers. It looked like last year’s opener in Seattle in the first half. It’s just one game, but has it ended the Chris Armas honeymoon phase? The first ever lineup from Head…
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USWNT Trample Argentina. Horan Scores and Assist.
CARSON, Calif. – The United States Women’s National Soccer Team ( USWNT) overwhelmed FIFA’s 31st ranked Argentina in their second match of of Group A play in CONCACAF’s W Gold Cup Tournament. The Lady Yanks won, 4-0, to remain in first place in their Group. They now move on to play on Monday against south-of-border rival,…
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Captain Keegan Rosenberry on new title, what won’t change, and leading the club
COMMERCE CITY – Right back Keegan Rosenberry walks into the press room at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park. It’s another loss for the 2023 Colorado Rapids. He’s one of the few players who wasn’t really bad tonight. He’s also a well-spoken veteran. It’s his turn to take questions from the media and try to come up…
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Rapids Timbers Preview: A New Dawn
PORTLAND, Ore. – The first game of the Chris Armas era will see the Colorado Rapids travel to Providence Park to take on a familiar foe: the Portland Timbers. When: Saturday, February 24th @ 8:30 pm MDT Where: Providence Park, Portland, Oregon TV/Streaming: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV Rapids Timbers Preview: A tense, but low-scoring affair could be…
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