(Editor's Note: This is the fourth part in a series on what the Rapids will do with an
expanded roster in 2011.)
Who will be the sixth forward?
This is the key question for the Rapids attack as they start the 2011 season. The team has only
five forwards on its roster, and one is coming off a major knee injury.
Feel good story of the week is Linday Tarpley scoring in just her second game back with the
national team since tearing her ACL at the end of the 2009 WPS season. It was a classy finish that
she somehow tucked into the lower right corner from an angle, giving the USA the victory. It was
another cold night in China, but the USA played a very good second half, kept Christine Sinclair
from creating too much trouble (although, let's be honest, the kid is always trouble), hit the
crossbar twice and scored two very nice goals.
We've seen with the Dan Gosling case, that long term injuries can be very difficult to come back
from, and of course Dan has been out of action since last March, when he injured the ACL in his
knee while playing his very last game for Everton. Dan Gosling cruel luck on this lad [...]
