Nico Hansen stays ready

Montreal job opened up so makes sense

When the Rockies get praised before #Rapids96 😭

Bring him to Commerce City, Rafa can show him the ropes

Definitely, and likely accompanied with “bruh” and possibly “you’re doing too much”.

Yeah I remember the questions, asked my teenage son what it meant and he he shrugged, so I gave up. Not sure what happened the tried and true “scale of 1-10” 🤷‍♂️

When AI definitely isn’t writing your team summaries for MLS 🤦‍♂️

Rapids have the chance to do the funniest thing possible and rename the club to Storm.

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Am I the only old person who has no clue what party and battle refer to?

“Hey Siri, show me the easiest PR victory of all time”

A couple of seasons ago they sent mailers to residents of Central Park promoting something similar, basically “first game on us”. Seems like a no brainer to expand it across the city and make it an annual thing 🤷‍♂️

That’s the thing I love about Rafa: his off the ball and defensive work is so underrated. Gonna be tough to replace when Brazil eventually comes calling.

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Yapi, Aaronson, Minoungou and Navarro. Sealy has done really well on corner kick delivery but I’m sure Aaronson can handle both sides of the field.

So 2 new defenders in 2 days. Is the Cannon injury more serious than thought? Herrington already queued up to leave this summer?

The only bright side has been his corner kick delivery, but yeah, that’s not enough for the price tag.

Wait. Austin, CO is real?

Really hope this is his breakout game like Djordje had around the same time in 2024.

It was too cold for the weenermobile to be out, that’s when I knew it was serious

My first thought was the Steffen injury as well, but I like your other ideas better 🙂

Agree. A loss at NYC isn’t bad, unless it’s a blowout and the team looks like they did in Seattle. A win at SKC is a must; losing there would say way more than any win. Toronto beat Cincinnati and I expect Djordje will be playing with a little extra something (plus Sargent will be more acclimated).

Clearly this team is improved over 2025, but how high should the vibes actually be? They’ve won two home games where they played a man up against mid teams. Feel like we need a result in the next 3 games before I can allow myself to feel joy 😂

Tommy scoops repping the pids, you love to see it.

So many questions about this. Which org got tired of the other? What about the 2 affiliates in NM and SD that currently use the rapids name and branding? Will the new youth org still have access the DSGP for training space and tournaments?

Agree, this makes no business sense for the rapids.

Ah, I assumed they hadn’t been directly involved in CSA for awhile. The move just feels odd for the pro club. I would think having your name on 10k youth kits traveling all over the state and country is good branding, but maybe CRYSC just wants a change and it’s not that deep 🙂

I believe everything up to and including their elite programming (EA/ECNL/etc). This is what I saw:

“Beginning this fall, our organization is returning to our roots in Colorado youth soccer. We will transition from competing as Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club (CRYSC) to Colorado Storm”

Hey @braidonnourse.bsky.social @burgundywave.bsky.social , tomorrow rapids youth are announcing their rebrand back to Storm, and ending their partnership with Rapids. Not sure if this is related to the potential club rebrand, but would be curious to hear what the FO has to say at the next presser 🙂

Looks like the rumors of #Rapids96 cutting ties with their youth org are indeed true

Very nice summary of the USL issues for someone like myself who doesn’t follow as closely.

I’m curious what this means for players on loan? For a player like Beaudry can he be loaned to R2 (or maybe even overseas) during a strike or is he stuck waiting?

It was def bizarre and only really matters because it nearly came back to bite them. Initially that last sub was only 2 players. Only once Travis got hurt did Wells call for Keegan at the last moment. They came really close to finishing either with 10 players or a hobbled LB, and it was avoidable.

It was already two separate subs though. Yapi comes in for Harris in the 57’ and Frederick wasn’t ready until the 59’, at which point he got delayed due to Hamzat taking his time.