Well, it could have been a first eleven. With a defense featuring Bouna, Ihemelu, Burciaga and Erpen and a midfield consisting of DiRaimondo, Peterson, Christian Gomez and Dalby, the Colorado Rapids fielded a very strong reserve team today in a straightforward 3-0 victory over visiting Dallas. Click to continue reading...

I read somewhere that Colorado Rapids head coach Fernando Clavijo made building a solid defensive corps his top priority for 2007 (here? Yep; it's toward the bottom). I'll leave it to others to explain how taking care of half of the overall equation brought to fruition Clavijo's "Three-Year Plan," but the numbers argue he succeeded in that specific aim: after surrendering 49 goals in 2006, and too often in bunches, the Rapids allowed a stingy 34 goals through 30 regular season games in '07.

Click to continue reading...

If you didn't already catch it, the Rapids have traded forward Nicolas "Niko" Hernandez to the Columbus Crew for a 3rd round draft pick in the Supplemental Draft and Generation Adidas (GA) defender Tim Ward. I like the move. It give Columbus a forward that can at least score a few goals, something they were lacking. Click to continue reading...

Rating: 5 (Very Good)

Steve Goff at the Washington Post is reporting that Columbus has traded 20 year old defender Tim Ward for 28 year old Argentine forward Nicolas Hernandez of the Colorado Rapids. Click to continue reading...

In a move that puts my two worlds in dangerously close contact, it appears the Columbus Crew picked up M/F Nicolas "Nico" Hernandez from the Colorado Rapids. Defender Tim Ward and a third round pick in the '09 supplemental draft go the other way. Weird deal. This is good and bad for the Crew...or, actually, good [. Click to continue reading...

This one looks pretty fresh: the Colorado Rapids sent Nicolas "Nico" Hernandez to the Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Tim Ward and a rummage through the junk-pile (or, as my people call it, the 2009 supplemental draft). Incredibly, The Official Organ (the Rapids official site) seems to have .

Click to continue reading...