The Colorado Rapids Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Youssef Maziz runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 34. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Paxten Aaronson stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Paxten Aaronson and Colorado Rapids agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Colorado Rapids
Paxten Aaronson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jordan Reyna steps up from the Colorado Rapids academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jordan Reyna has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colorado Rapids promote John Yedlin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Yedlin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colorado Rapids promote Aaron Dest from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Aaron Dest has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Brooks joins the Colorado Rapids first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Brooks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Colorado Rapids training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Reggie Cannon 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Hamzat Ojediran
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hamzat Ojediran, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match Colorado Rapids and Houston Dynamo take a point apiece
- Player ratings Paxten Aaronson spends the afternoon fouling