God, Country, Soccer

Today is the first day of training on the pitch for the 2009 Colorado Rapids Season. The Rapids have announced their roster for training camp, which contains 34 players. Out of the following group, 20 will be kept to the senior team with 4 being singed to developmental contracts. So, who do you think is in? Who's out? What line up do you see using? Surprised that Tam McManus, Jose Luis Burciaga Jr., Facundo Erpen and Bouna Coundoul are gone? I'll be back with more later and tell you how I see it all breaking down. Forwards (6) Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (FWD) DV Conor Casey (FWD) Omar Cummings (FWD) Kevin Forrest (FWD) DV Ross Schunk (FWD) DV Jordan Seabrook (FWD) DV Midfielders (12) Mehdi Ballouchy (MID) Colin Clark (MID) Nico Colaluca (MID) Terry Cooke (MID) Greg Dalby (MID) John DiRaimondo (MID) Christian Gomez (MID) Brian Grazier (MID) Nick LaBrocca (MID) Pablo Mastroeni (MID) Ciaran O’Brien (MID) Jacob Peterson (MID) Defenders (10) Kwame Sarkodie (DEF) Cesar Zambrano (DE...

The Rapids have dealt their pick at number 20 to the Chicago Fire for their second round pick, #28 and also, GK Matt Pickens. Matt Pickens will step right in for the exiting Bouna Coundoul. Sad to see Bouna go, but this deal basically tells us that he's gone. The Rapids selected Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (F/M 5-8 155 George Mason)with the pick they acquired from Chicago.