The Colorado Rapids Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Youssef Maziz beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 32. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colorado Rapids say no — this time
The offer from New England Revolution for Darren Yapi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 20 signed and 0 gone
That is the business done at Colorado Rapids until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Yael Trepy
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Colorado Rapids have done the hard part with Cagliari, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Oswaldo Virgen will not be coming to Colorado Rapids
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Toluca is saying, and nobody at Colorado Rapids is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Youssef Maziz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Colorado Rapids this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Loïc Williams signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Loïc Williams commits to Colorado Rapids for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Colorado Rapids training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Zack Steffen is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The window shuts on the Nelson Quiñones deal
Colorado Rapids ran out of time with Houston Dynamo. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
In brief
- Market Colorado Rapids promote Michael Morris from within
- Market Brandon Aaronson steps up from the Colorado Rapids academy
- Market Colorado Rapids promote Jack Wright from within