The Colorado Rapids Gazette
Market25 Aug 2036
Gustavo Caraballo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colorado Rapids can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Aug 2036
Words exchanged at Colorado Rapids
Olger Escobar and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout25 Aug 2036
The manager makes an example of Frankie Westfield
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad25 Aug 2036
Dayvi Busby falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad25 Aug 2036
Walker Yedlin signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Walker Yedlin commits to Colorado Rapids for another 4 years.
Player ratings25 Aug 2036
Alessandro Seghetti was the difference for Colorado Rapids
Marked 7.64. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Match23 Aug 2036
Colorado Rapids share the spoils with Vancouver Whitecaps
A 1‑1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout25 Aug 2036
Half-satisfied: Interim Coach on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Player ratings25 Aug 2036
Tomás Stagnari was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Market Nicholas Gioacchini is free to find somewhere else
- Market The Zack Steffen question follows Colorado Rapids around
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Dylan Dempsey's mistake