rapids Stories - Black And Red United
To sub or not to sub? Or rather, who to sub.
Having three days between games is a daunting task in football, especially for the Rapids as they've now already had a ton of games this month including some real frustrating ones like the 0-0 Houston Dynamo draw or the 4-3 goalsfest in Seattle. With what was essentially the main first team -...
Brian Mullan will return from his suspension against Columbus
Brian Mullan made league history in all the wrong ways back on April 22nd when his horror tackle against Steve Zakuani broke the Seattle Sounders star player's leg and ended his season. Brian went on to get the largest suspension in the history of the league, nine games along with the usual single...
Waiting by the phone
If I get a call later tonight and am asked to be the new General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, here is the list of players I will select (assuming I can negotiate myself a reasonable starting salary...)GK: Kevin HartmanDEF: Alex Zotinca, Ryan Cochrane, Brandon PrideauxMID: Kyle Martino, Ned...
Out West
Seems to be a stark difference between the East and West in terms of the changes that sweep through each conference each season. DC, New England, and Chicago seem to be in contention every year in the East. But in the West, there's one team at the top, and then there's everyone else beating each...
What we missed
So I spent a week away on business, and cruising the college bars at IU (Has anyone else played "Sink the Biz"? Great fun. And probably the easiest way to get random girls to come over and drink with you.) In anticipation of tonight's home leg of the Ben Cup against RSL, I figured I'd take a quick...
Benny Vide delivers the victory
With his one-time shoe-string shot to give the team a 1-0 lead, I could have sworn I was watching Benny Olsen. Or maybe Benny Feilhaber. But definitely somebody named Benny. Nope, it was Joe Vide. That goal really made me wish I was listening to Dave Johnson and Thomas Rongen do the broadcast. I...
Is Gallardo an upgrade over Gomez?
That's the question that is likely to define the success of DC United over the next two or more years.With the Gomez to Colorado trade all but official, it looks like we'll now have a pretty good measuring stick that we wouldn't have had if Gomez went to the Middle East or back to Argentina. We'll...
Round 1 to Gomez
In the first match between the two players who will be linked in the minds of DC fans for the rest of their MLS careers, Christian Gomez dominated United and Gallardo with two assists. Even Facundo Erpen scored a revenge goal, in a match where he had shockingly zero bicycle kicks.1. Bryan Namoff -...
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