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Discussion in 'Colorado Rapids' started by COMtnGuy, Jan 16, 2020.

  1. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. Paranoid Coyote

    Paranoid Coyote Member+

    Oct 21, 2007
    Memphis, TN
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  3. fortcollins

    fortcollins Member+

    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  4. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
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  5. Paranoid Coyote

    Paranoid Coyote Member+

    Oct 21, 2007
    Memphis, TN
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    First thing that went through my head when reading Gamera celebrating:

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    Apparently I watch too many kaiju movies.
     
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  6. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. 22SteveD

    22SteveD Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 1, 2011
    Denver
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Atlanta’s Josef Martinez blew out his ACL and out for year.
     
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  8. Paranoid Coyote

    Paranoid Coyote Member+

    Oct 21, 2007
    Memphis, TN
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was at the game and saw him go down without contact. Right away it seemed like it was serious, but he went to the sideline for treatment and came back on. He went down again a few minutes later and was stretchered off. I have no idea why they sent him back on...

    Good crowd at the inaugural game, though my random unscientific sample counted Atlanta fans at around 30% of the crowd of 59k.

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    Nashville's song is complete crap, but that could just be my revulsion at all "singer songwriter" douchebros (or it could be the Memphis - Nashville rivalry seeping into my blood).
     
  9. Rod1916

    Rod1916 Member+

    Jun 17, 2012
    Colorado
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Watched the game on TV. It did look bad. And the song just confused me. So slow and boring. No country roads for them!
     
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  10. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    A clip they showed at halftime of one of the many MLS matches I skimmed showed some probably minor contact from the side -- I just did the H.S. rules online and ACL injuries are an area of emphasis this year. Many are non-contact but some are minor contact but from a direction that the knee doesn't flex well (like I saw in the clip they showed).
    Interesting take home from the training was that knee braces of various designs do not really move the needle for protection -- training & stretching with specific exercises can help with the non contact injuries. And soccer's H.S. ACL statistics are bad compared to many/most other sports.
     
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  11. Paranoid Coyote

    Paranoid Coyote Member+

    Oct 21, 2007
    Memphis, TN
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for the note on the replay, I'll have to check that out later. It baffles me why they sent him back on the pitch after that...
     
  12. Totoro

    Totoro Member+

    Dec 3, 2009
    Colorado
    Thoughts on the protests in the Bundesliga? I'm a bit confused about the timing, since it seems to have started regarding the Hoffenheim owner. Did he only get the > 50% share this season?

    It bugged me a little that the Bayern Munich fans made such a stink, since a rich owner dominating a club is the main threat to the big financial advantage they have over all the other Bundesliga clubs. It's a lot easier for Bayern if there's no bundesliga version of a PSG, Chelsea, ManCity, etc. But the protests seem to make sense across the bundesliga as a whole.
     
  13. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I hadn't heard about them, but it feels like Hoffeheim is a weak platform to build a protest on. Dietmar Hopp isn't an oil shiek looking for a new toy to play with. He's a Hoffenheim native who played for the team back when it was an 8th division armature club. He then went on to found SAP and become fabulously wealthy, and for 20+ years he was putting money back into his boyhood club. Then he had time, and resources, to really pump money into the club (they were 3rd division at this point) and he got them to the Champions League.

    I understand the commercialization of football, I'm concerned about it too, but there are a lot better targets for wrath than somebody supporting the club he's supported for 70+ years.

    (I am a biased Hoffenheim fan though)
     
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  14. AlbertCamus

    AlbertCamus Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    Sep 2, 2005
    Colorado, USA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    I agree about Hoffeheim plus that league needs competition for Bayern Munich. That's why I don't mind the Leipzig thing either.
     
  15. Totoro

    Totoro Member+

    Dec 3, 2009
    Colorado
    I wondered how Sounders' attendance would be affected, especially after the news that a vendor at CLink field that worked the XFL game ended up with the virus.

    Box score shows 33,000. A WaPo article said that's the lowest announced attendance there since 2009 and 7,000 fewer than the season opener last week. They must have a huge season ticket base so that could understate the attendance drop.
     
  16. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    To me the best part was the 'spirit of the game' in the players just passing the ball around for the balance of the match after the restart. Which was probably a lot easier to do in an already decided 6 - 1 match than it would be in a 1 - 1 or 2 - 2 scenario.
     
  17. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hats off to the Gladbach players, coaches and executives.

     
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  18. fortcollins

    fortcollins Member+

    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Major League Baseball has opened all 2018 and 2019 games for free viewing on mlb.tv. There are also dozens of full classic MLB games on YouTube.
     
  19. Sports Yak

    Sports Yak Member+

    Jul 17, 2007
    Lakewood
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Unfortunately, the Rapids were my guilty pleasure. Sure miss watching their games.
     
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  20. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Stumbled across this feature on the old Colorado Foxes:
     
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  21. fortcollins

    fortcollins Member+

    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    1918: Toronto Arena Hockey Club wins the Stanley Cup.
    1919: Spanish Flu epidemic cancels the Stanley Cup.

    1993: Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series.
    1994: World Series canceled due to baseball strike.

    2019: Toronto Raptors win the NBA Championship (Larry O'Brien Trophy)
    2020: Hmmmmmmm . . .

    2019: Just be thankful Toronto FC didn't win the MLS Cup!
     
  22. Dom. FC

    Dom. FC Member+

    May 10, 2004
    Central US
    Based on your theory, did these guys win the Chinese Super League last season?

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  23. AlbertCamus

    AlbertCamus Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    Sep 2, 2005
    Colorado, USA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    But they did win the cup a couple of years ago - 2017. In fact they won the double.
     
  24. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

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

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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