Interview with Gary Smith
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Keel Waived
Colorado has waived Stephen Keel. With the rosters being downsized this year, poor Keel got caught in a numbers game. The Rapids signed their draft pick Ross Schunk and are seemingly making way for Scott Palguta.
MLS Salaries Announced
It's that time again, time to play Arm Chair GM. The MLS Players Union has realeased the player's salaries for 2009. If you care, the Rapids salaries are listed below. Team / Name / Position / Base Salary / Guaranteed Salary COL Ballouchy Mehdi M $ 100,000.00 $ 118,000.00 COL Burpo Preston GK $ 57,871.99 $ 57,871.99 COL Casey Conor F $ 200,000.00 $ 200,000.00 COL Ceus Steward GK $ 20,100.00 $ 20,100.00 COL Clark Colin M $ 85,000.00 $ 90,000.00 COL Colaluca Nico M $ 75,000.00 $ 108,000.00 COL Cooke Terry M $ 187,500.00 $ 192,500.00 COL Cummings Omar F $ 65,000.00 $ 73,750.00 COL Dalby Greg M $ 34,650.00 $ 34,650.00 COL DiRaimondo John M $ 20,100.00 $ 20,100.00 COL Gibbs Cory D $ 110,000.00 $ 117,142.86 COL Guerrero Ivan M $ 154,000.00 $ 161,000.00 COL Harden Ty D $ 34,008.00 $ 34,008.00 COL Harvey Jordan D $ 50,000.00 $ 51,250.00 COL Ihemelu Ugo D $ 140,000.00 $ 140,000.00 COL Keel Stephen D $ 34,000.00 $ 34,000.00 COL Kimura Kosuke D $ 52,500.00 $ 52,500.00 COL LaBrocca Nick...
Rapids 2009 Jerseys
The Rapids unveiled their jerseys for 2009. Something is missing...hmmm...it's really subtle. The "Colorado" and "Rapids" wordmarks have been removed for this year. We saw this last year when D.C. United started the year with a blank jersey, only to have a sponsor added later in the year. Could something be in the works for Colorado? Could Wal-Mart be the next thing added to the jerseys? Or is not printing the letters on the jersey just a cost cutting measure?
Rapids Get Forward Help
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.
Rapids eyeing Euell
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.
Where'd ya Go?
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.