Former Rapids - where are they now? (part 2)

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  1. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Shane O'Neill is on the move again in Europe, this time on a permanent transfer. The former Colorado Rapids defender joined Dutch Eredivisie club Excelsior Rotterdam

    https://www.socceramerica.com/article/74616/oneill-finds-permanent-home-at-excelsior-rotterda.html

    O'Neill, 23, played 53 games with the Rapids over four seasons but bounced around clubs in the Belgium and England before landing at NAC Breda, which he helped them win promotion this season to the Eredivisie. All the time he was on loan from Apollon for which he never played.
     
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  3. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice to see this being a purchase and not a loan, getting him away from Apollon.
     
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  4. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    He looks like he's grown up a little.
     
  5. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Shane also has a new agent which is even better. That convincing scum bag did some shady business.
     
  6. Totoro

    Totoro Member+

    Dec 3, 2009
    Colorado
    What position does O'Neill play these days? Dmid or somewhere on the backline?
     
  7. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/shan...-path-to-eredivisie/f5eofcfvzadq1egwn7d0s0ode


    Shane played exclusively as a CB at NAC. I managed to stream one of his playoff matches and it appeared NAC were playing 3 CB's in a 3-5-2 system. Shane was tasked with really playing the ball out of the back. Those CB's played very narrowly on the defensive end allowing the wingbacks to cover those flanks. Once NAC gained possession those CB's slung passes around the park. Shane looked very comfortable. The style just fit his skill set.


    Oh......and the link above is an interview he gave this week that really captures his road to Excelsior. It's not been an easy road but as he put it, it's been a humbling one. Shane has interest from France, Portugal, and Denmark as well as MLS interest. Colorado was not the interested party. I had heard through a mutual connection it was a "playoff contending Eastern Conference" club that showed interest.
     
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  8. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also saw this last night, former Colorado Foxes and Rapids player, Wolde Harris is an assistant for the Switchbacks
     
  9. m vann

    m vann Moderator
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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wolde's been their since their inception, I believe. I saw him at a Metro vs Regis match scouting last season and I was like that's Wolde Harris, I think. Very recognizable. He was wearing Switchbacks gear and I googled him and low and behold, sure enough saw he was an assistant.

    Speaking of..........it may have been mentioned somewhere but Gray Smith will be the inaugural manger for Nashville SC in the USL.
     
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  10. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    Meant to post this sooner but in Atlanta's destructive reverse engineering of New England Dan Gargan did commentary for Fox Sports South.
     
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  11. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Balboa is a commentator (in Spanish) for UDN for today's Orlando/ATL UTD game. BTW: UDN has pretty elaborate coverage of the game: a College Game Day like panel in front of the stadium, color commentators with the fans, etc
     
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  12. m vann

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    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Powers is also in the Starting XI for OC. His first start, I believe.
     
  13. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    I love that Balboa sounds exactly the same in Spanish as he does in English.
     
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  14. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  15. kucsdat

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    Jul 12, 2012
    That is not cool!
     
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  16. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
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    United States
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  17. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    As long as he has been in this league... man, MLS are dogs if they can't take care of him.
     
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  18. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I guess the reasoning here is that he signed a new contract in the offseason and this heart issue was found as part of the physical for the new contract. Since he then "failed" the physical the contract is nullified so he was never under contract for 2018. So in rality they paid him through mid-2018 even though he didn't have a contract.

    All of that is legally and technically true but sometimes you just do the right thing. It looks especially questionable when the independent doctor has cleared him but the league doctor has not.
     
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  19. UxSxAxfooty

    UxSxAxfooty Member+

    Jan 23, 2003
    Rochester, NY
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So, interesting situation perhaps developing in Dallas.

    They haven't won since July (9 games) and currently sit outside the playoff picture. And they're losing at the moment to Minnesota FC.

    I wonder if Oscar's seat is getting a little bit warm.
     
  20. Paranoid Coyote

    Paranoid Coyote Member+

    Oct 21, 2007
    Memphis, TN
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To sum up my feelings about the situation:

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  21. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    I doubt its getting warm. Heck I doubt that the default position of his surefire genus is even in play.
     
  22. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well maybe it will quiet the USMNT posters calling on him to be the next HC.
     
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  23. kucsdat

    kucsdat Member

    Jul 12, 2012
    Not sure I'm posting this in the right spot, but Pablo is on the ballot for the US National Soccer Hall of Fame. He has tough opponents, but it is indeed an honor to get on the ballot.
     
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  24. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
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    United States
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  25. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    Gabby Torres sighting in Orlando, said with some sadness and apprehension ... is he more likely to score than Tim Howard is to keep a clean sheet?
     

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