God, Country, Soccer

Red Bull New York have officially announced the signing of French Star Thierry Henry. This move comes as no surprise, it had been rumored for over a year. Being a Rapids fan, you would think that I would be upset, or anxious that this hurts the Rapids chances of a title. That is not my emotion this morning. I think this is a great move. Much better than that of David Beckham. I really hope this works. I hope that it pays off for them in the form of multiple championships...even at the expense of our Rapids. Am I off my rocker? Yes, but still, this move can mean so much to the future of soccer here in the USA. Say RBNY wins 2 maybe 3 championships with Henry and Juan Pablo Angel, and another DP whom they're rumored to be bringing in this summer. How is that good? Well, my hope is that it will create an elite in the league and other owners will have to be more proactive about their clubs in order to survive. Competitive balance sounds great, but really it creates reason for manageme...

Major League Soccer has unveiled it's 2010 schedule today. Looking deeper at the Rapids' portion of that schedule, there are some interesting notes. - Finally a schedule that looks like an actual soccer schedule. Philadelphia joins MLS this year and makes the total number of teams 16, which means if you play everyone twice, home and away, you end up with 30 games total. Perfection! - With it being a World Cup year the schedule got crunched up a little bit with 6 games scheduled in July, including trips to opposite ends of the landscape, one to Seattle and one to Toronto. - David Beckham won't be making an appearance at DSGP this year, he will still be with AC Milan when the Galaxy come to Denver on 5 de Mayo. - The two games against rival Real Salt Lake are spaced a month a part at the end of the season, with the final game of the season being at home against them. - The Rapids first look at the 2 new stadiums entering the league this year are 8/14 in Philly and 9/1...

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)