The Colorado Rapids Gazette
Boardroom3 Mar 2031
Colorado Rapids part company with Sam Yedlin
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom3 Mar 2031
An empty coaching office at Colorado Rapids
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Transfer targets3 Mar 2031
Fee done, terms next for Brooklyn Raines
Colorado Rapids and New England Revolution have settled on $2.0M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Boardroom3 Mar 2031
Interim Coach minds the shop at Colorado Rapids
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Market3 Mar 2031
Jorge Landeros asks to leave Colorado Rapids
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Mar 2031
Business is business: Adam Saldana goes
New York City paid $1.9M and Colorado Rapids took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom3 Mar 2031
Colorado Rapids go back to the board over Akil Watts
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $350.0K — a club that wants Akil Watts enough to be asked twice.
Squad3 Mar 2031
Zack Steffen 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.
Market3 Mar 2031
Matt Aaronson steps up from the Colorado Rapids academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matt Aaronson 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.
In brief
- Market Colorado Rapids promote Luca Wright from within
- Squad A row about effort at Colorado Rapids
- The dugout Zack Steffen is playing like a man with something to prove