Colorado Rapids News

Colorado Rapids president Tim Hinchey III announced yesterday that he was going to hold a little contest on Twitter to see who could guess the newest member of the Rapids, our mysterious Argentine 'True 10'. During all the kerfuffle, Hinchey also revealed the date and time that we would finally learn who our new midfielder/forward would be.

Last season, the Colorado Rapids were punished for having very little in the way of good depth, and it showed when they got injured to hell as the season went along and got destroyed by a healthy Sporting Kansas City team in the playoffs.

There's the result, and I wish there was more to tell, but due to technical difficulties the video feed was cut out early on in the game after Jaime Castrillon opened his account with a great interplay from trialist Jefferson Angulo.

Recently, there has been a lot of intense discussion surrounding Macoumba Kandji and his sudden trade to Houston Dynamo .

Major League Soccer action is returning to San Luis Obispo tonight when the San Jose Earthquakes square off against the Colorado Rapids at Alex G. Spanos Stadium tonight at 6. The exhibition marks the second season in a row that the two teams have met at Cal Poly.

The Dynamo have added another forward/midfielder to the roster, trading a conditional draft pick to the Colorado Rapids for Macoumba Kandji .

The Colorado Rapids earned their first win in preseason as they topped Chivas USA 1-0 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Most people thought of Wednesday as the National Signing Day for college football, but there was some movement in the soccer world as well.

After a night of rumors swirling about forward Caleb Folan being transferred to Greek side Panionios Athens, it all ended with much less fanfare than expected.

If you haven't read Grant Wahl's piece today on Steve Zakuani , be sure to do so.

Rapids technical director Paul Bravo, the head of soccer operations for the Major League Soccer team, will have his contract extended for three more years, a team source confirmed Tuesday.

The Colorado Rapids under Gary Smith ran a very anti-youth system. The kids on the team were shoved into the reserve league and onto the bench as long as possible until the team felt they were ready to contribute.

Gentlemen, it is time to put down the razors, grab the grooming scissors, mirrors, assorted mustaches waxes, choose the style that is right for you, and let testosterone do the rest, all to raise money for Help Kick Hunger, to benefit The Bernardine Center in Chester, PA.

The rebuild in the midfield currently is going absolutely swimmingly for the Colorado Rapids .

It's official, after a couple weeks of anticipation the Colorado Rapids announced on twitter that they have made good on their negotiations and signed midfielder Jamie Castrillon to the squad.

The 43-year-old, whose only managerial experience is with Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids, replaces former boss Graham Westley.

Gary Smith played an incredibly rigid 4-5-1 formation for the start of his Colorado Rapids career, before eventually shifting to a still rigid 4-4-2 late in 2010 because of a need for extra offense in the defense-minded team.

The Colorado Rapids have had a whirlwind of positive activity in the past couple of weeks, including a very strong draft that got them Tony Cascio and Kohei Yamada along with a signing of Hunter Freeman and of course a new head coach signing.

Charlotte's Isaac Cowles has been selected to join the Colorado Rapids of the MLS for preseason training, the team announced Friday.

In perhaps a sign of what's to come, the Colorado Rapids picked up a chunk of allocation money - as per usual, the figure is undisclosed - from the Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for Colorado's 2nd round draft pick in 2014 and an International roster spot for the next three years.