God, Country, Soccer

Soccer by Ives is reporting that Colorado has made a trade with Toronto FC for the rights of Forward Gregory Richardson. Richardson is a Guyanese Forward who is/was on trial with Toronto FC coming from Joe Public FC in Trinidad & Tobago. You might remember him from scoring a hat trick against New England in the Champions League. If the report is correct, what a deal for the Rapids. Only giving up what looks like a second round pick for a player who the Rapids desperately need. He's a bit of an unknown quantity, which has bitten Colorado before, however only having 2 proven forwards on the roster, the addition of depth in Richardson can't hurt. I'll make this guarantee right now, he'll be better than Thiago Martins.

The Colorado Rapids have their eyes on 32 year old Southampton Forward/Midfielder Jason Euell. Euell has been capped 3 times for Jamaica and has spent time with clubs, Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough. Not only that, but from his Wikipedia page , he appears to be quite the philanthropist, spending time with charities that help and encourage the deaf and hard of hearing. He himself is deaf in one ear.

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, what can I say, the Mexico vs. USA game had me speechless! What a win, 2-0 again, how fitting. As for what's next for GCS, I have a story in the works that you'll definitely want to read. Stay tuned for that, as I work out the details.

I'm so excited, I cannot even tell you. USA vs. Mexico. 5pm on ESPN2. As far as predictions go, here's mine. It will start slow, the weather is going to be crappy, so it'll take a while for the guys to warm up. Look for Beasley to work the left flank and use his speed to set up Donovan. I see a first have strike from Dempsey, cleaning up a rebound from Landon Donovan. Second half, Mexico comes on strong, putting pressure on Tim Howard. But the defense will hold, Gooch will get a yellow, just becuase he's so big, the refs pick on him. Look for the nail in the coffin to come from second half sub Jose Francisco Torres. For the final score, USA 2, Mexico 0. What's your prediction? Feel free to post yours on the comments section. Also, where you will be watching? Here's a funny video for you that I first saw on The Offside Rules :

It's Official . Christian Gomez has been traded back to D.C. United.

It appears that the Christian Gomez trade situation is coming to a climax. Washington Post Soccer Insider is reporting that Gomez and D.C. are to be re-United as early as today. As a part of the deal, the Rapids would get back their Designated Player slot, which means absolutely nothing. The Rapids weren't going to use it anyway, which is why they traded it away in the first place. I just hope the Rapids don't have to pay him most of his salary to play for another team.

The Rapids first round draft pick of 2007, Nico Colaluca has been in New York training with the Red Bulls the past week or so. Word comes today that he played in a pre-season game yesterday for New York against the US U-17 team. Huh? Why is this so? What's the story? Is he a Rapid or not? He's only played 4 games in 2 years with the Rapids, but with Cooke getting older, his shot may be coming soon. Why isn't he in training camp with Colorado? I'll try to find out what I can, stay posted. Edit: Here's photographic evidence from Red Bull New York's website. (Click image to enlarge)

The Denver Post reports "Of the 34 players currently in camp, Smith said only captain Pablo Mastroeni has a guaranteed spot."