Just got wind that the Rapids squared off against the US Amateur Team and earned another shutout, this time winning it 1-0. Most returning starters or "big deal" players (such as Hendo, Pablo, Gilles, and Fraser) didn't feature at all, but word is that those who played were really drawing from the bottom of the tanks to get through the match. Apparently the Rapids have really been focusing on their fitness and yesterday was when the sore muscles really let themselves be known. The team will be licking their wounds and recovering today (Friday) with no training matches or regimen. Halftime score was 0-0 following a missed Carrieri PK and a Chung blast off the post. Carrieri made up for his gaffe with the winning goal in the second half. Haven't heard much else... anyone dig up any other details?
http://www.coloradorapids.com/site/goal.asp?cid=316 Forwards: Chris Carrieri (Seth Trembly), Casey Schmidt Midfield: Mark Chung, Wes Hart (Matt Crawford), Kyle Beckerman, Seth Trembly (Steve Shak) Defense: Ritchie Kotschau, Steven Herdsman (Robin Fraser), Jeff Stewart, Jason Cole (Danny Jackson) Goal: Byron Foss Notes: Though these games are friendly pre-season games, Major League Soccer referees arbitrate all games…. Invited midfielder Brian Jackson, who started and played in two of the first three games, returned to Denver to recover from the flu that also kept Rapids veterans off the field last week….. Scott Garlick, Chris Henderson, Pablo Mastroeni, Gilles Grimandi were all rested and did not play….The U.S. Amateur team is made up college players, without professional experience, who essentially make up the U.S. Under 23 reserve team. Most of the players have been in the U.S. player pool and want to continue at that level without having entered the professional ranks yet.
Is this the same Brian Jackson who was a starting MF for the 99 U17 team (Donovan, Beasley, Trembly, etc...) who turned down a scholarship offer to Clemson to go abroad but bounced around Europe for awhie before giving up and coming home a year or so ago? (And if it is, his first name is spelled with a "y" and not an "i".)
Thanks, this really made me giggle. Was this a long winded way of seizing the opportunity to correct a misspelling?
Should have had Seth Trembly take that PK. I'll go out on a limb this year and say that he bags a few goals this season, seeing limited playing time.
Hankinson is really mixing up the personnel with these practice games. What's next, Carrieri at right outside defender? He was quoted on another thread as talking about all the competition for spots with 3-4 people challenging for each position, so he seems to be giving everyone a solid look at numerous places on the field. So I have to believe that coming out of training camp, those still on the roster will have earned the spot. The following hope is that he has a solid bench that he uses throughout the season instead of last year's mystery reserves. It will be great to have more than just Kingsley coming off the bench that can bring energy and a different look.
Hey Rapid Fans How is Byron Foss doing in goal for the Rapids? he was playing for the Orange County Blue Star during the offseason and I was wondering if and Rapid Fans knew how he was doing. I always thought the guy was going to be a serious player, his SMU years were great and he was a standout player here in SoCal before he went to SMU. Any info would be cool. Thanks Rapid Fans
Word is he's done well and has a good chance of being picked up by the Rapids as the #3 goalkeeper. For more info check into a number of other threads in this forum on training sessions and preseason results, all indicated as such by header. I'd post links but I'm tired of doing that over and over and over again.