Aaron Long

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Marked for Aaron Long

6 Edition

The Colorado Rapids Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Ted Ku-DiPietro runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Jack Lynn 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.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

A masterclass from Paxten Aaronson

Marked 8.04 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Colorado Rapids Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match19 Aug 2026

The cup run ends for Colorado Rapids

1‑2 against Philadelphia Union, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Match22 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids leave it late against Vancouver Whitecaps

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 85th, and Vancouver Whitecaps spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Alex Harris, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.89

A mark of 7.89 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Age has not caught Aaron Long yet — 8.14

At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.14 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad24 Aug 2026

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.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Dante Sealy

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Aaron Long gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match22 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids see off Vancouver Whitecaps

Three points for Colorado Rapids, 1‑0 the final word against Vancouver Whitecaps in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Hamzat Ojediran shuts the door

Defensive actions: 17, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

In brief

3 Edition

The Colorado Rapids Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match12 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids through in the cup

A 2‑0 win over DC United, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Both of them Aaron Long's — 7.90

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.90, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Colorado Rapids

Zack Steffen 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids see off Minnesota United FC

Three points for Colorado Rapids, 3‑2 the final word against Minnesota United FC in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Dante Sealy

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match15 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids are at home on the road

3 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Paxten Aaronson

Marked 8.28 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Dante Sealy runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids pick somebody else ahead of Reggie Cannon

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

2 Edition

The Colorado Rapids Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids sell Rafael Navarro for $19.1M

Rafael Navarro has left for Brighton in a $19.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market10 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids say no — this time

The offer from West Ham United for Paxten Aaronson 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.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Supporters turn on the $19.1M sale of Rafael Navarro

He is going to Brighton, the club has $19.1M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

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.

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.

Market10 Aug 2026

36 months and counting on Rob Holding

Still no offer on the table, and Rob Holding’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Loïc Williams was the difference for Colorado Rapids

Marked 7.28. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids pick somebody else ahead of Reggie Cannon

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief