It must really be painful these days to be a Rapids supporter. From fights with security to confrontations with Fernando Clavijo himself. Now it appears that for the 2nd time this year the Rapids will miss their transfer target. Before they were outbid by Korean K-League side Busan. This time they can't sign the 24 year old Brazilian due to the MLS salary cap. Click to continue reading...

With the temperatures and humidity levels rising all over the Korean peninsula, the nation's players will be happy that the K-league is taking a five-week break. Recent games have seen most of the 22 on the pitch collapse on the turf in exhaustion as the referee blows his whistle to signal the end. Click to continue reading...

1. Suwon Samsung Bluewings (last season 2)
Solid Suwon will be there or thereabouts. The defence is not getting any younger but still contains Lee Woon-jae in goal and the inspirational Mato Neretjlak at centre-back. The midfield boasts Lee Kwan-woo and Baek Ji-hoon but no longer South Korea captain Kim Nam-il. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to FC Rocky for putting together all the gains and losses in players the Rapids have had the last couple of days. The 3rd was an MLS roster deadline so it was the usual time in the spring to cut players.

Yesterday, March 4th, the MLS held a waiver draft for those players that were cut. Brandon Prideaux was picked up by the Chicago Fire [Red Card on Prideaux, here]

Of note the Rapids also signed a Brazilian player they were pursuing.

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FIFA.com is reporting that Brazilian striker and Real Salt Lake and Colorado transfer target, Reinaldo formerly with the Queensland Roar of Australia's A-League, is heading instead to Busan I'Park of Korea's K-League after The Colorado Rapids were outbid at the last moment. Click to continue reading...

It had to happen sooner or later. It was only a matter of time before one of the 2002 World Cup heroes took the reins of a K-League team. It is perhaps fitting that the man who scored the first goal in South Korea's unforgettable run to the semi-finals of the world's biggest sporting event is the first one to try his luck in the domestic league. Click to continue reading...

It's hard to get excited about any Olympic qualifier and a home game against Uzbekistan certainly wasn't one to send pulses racing just south of the 38th Parallel. South Korea had already defeated the Central Asians in the second round of qualifying in March then went on to complete the double in Tashkent in April. If that wasn't enough, the senior teams met in Seoul for a pre-Asian Cup friendly in July with another victory for the hosts. Click to continue reading...