I turn my back for one minute and Creepy Jose Romero turns into a 14-year-old dick. On Houston selling lots of tickets for the weekend:

No Sounders FC practice today, but thanks to the Dynamo press crew that really does a nice job, I've learned that Houston's home field is down to upper level end zone and sideline seats.

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Well, wasn't that all a pleasant surprise last night. Getting a lead, and holding it (eventually), Nasri and Eduardo getting 90 minutes, Craig Eastmond being an absolute powerhouse in the middle of the park, the fact that the more Liverpool raised the tempo, the better we played, Fabianksi not looking like Nervianski at all, Kerrea (FYI Sky it's not Gary or Ciara) growing into his position, Fran's wonder strike. Click to continue reading...

Yura Movsisyan put away a Bouna Coundoul deflection in the 90th minute to give Real Salt Lake a season-ending 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce, Colo. With the point RSL earned its first trip to the Major League Soccer playoffs, retained ownership of the Rocky Mountain Cup, and ended the season for the Colorado Rapids (ASN, Oct.

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... it's gonna be the Yankees that the Phillies have to put in their place to take the World Series again. Be there, starting Wednesday night ... as two ex-Cleveland aces go up against each other in their new(er) uniforms. That's CC vs. Cliff Lee. Let's go, Phillies, you can do it!

And I love hearing that George Will has gone after Dick for his "dithering" comment noting that a little "dithering" by the Bushies might have been helpful before invading Iraq.

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In yet another club versus country debate, Belgium have come down hard on midfielder Marouane Fellaini. Unlike most other club versus country dilemmas, though, Fellaini is coming under fire simply for choosing to receive long overdue surgery to get his wisdom teeth removed. Belgium, meanwhile, has reacted angrily to his decision as they are clamoring for the Everton player to be banned from club football this coming weekend.

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Club vs Country row officially just got SILLY! (Hence obligatory use of Mr Silly Image below)

Belgium have asked Fifa to prevent Marouane Fellaini from playing for Everton this weekend.

After playing in Belgium's win over Turkey at the weekend, the midfielder has pulled out of their clash with Estonia on Wednesday because of surgery he needed on his wisdom teeth.

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This has been a big year for soccer in the United States. First the US Men's National team beats Spain at the Confed Cup, then ESPN starts to show La Liga and the Premier League and finally Dicks Sporting Good decides to dedicate a section of their stores to soccer gear and not just balls and shin guards but jerseys and jackets to. Click to continue reading...

Worle FC a local club in Somerset, England found a huge penis drawn on their pitch on Monday. But this wasn't an on-the-spot prank. This was planned. According to Worle FC assistant manager Mark Chesney, the club had their line painter locked up, so whoever did it brought their own. And who are the suspects for this oddly proportioned work of art?

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Last week, a handful of Kansas City Wizards players accompanied some kids from local non-profit Spofford on a shopping spree at a local Dick's Sporting Goods. The children were given $100 by DSG to spend on items of their choice, and Wizards players Herculez Gomez, Chance Myers, Graham Zusi and Roger Espinoza joined them to help in the shopping. Click to continue reading...

Once again, Colorado's Conor Casey scored a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time to tie the San Jose Earthquakes 1-1. But unlike Friday's result at San Jose, this one Wednesday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park disappointed Colorado's coaches and players.
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Plenty of MLS clubs will be interested in tonight's mid-week clash at Dick's Sporting Goods Park as the Colorado Rapids host the San Jose Earthquakes. Plenty of clubs want Colorado out of the playoff picture while San Jose is hoping to not just play the role of spoiler but go on a crazy run of wins to get them back into the playoffs for the first time in a few years.

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Column in AD.nl The youthful fans in Katwijk were all eyes for Dirk Kuyt. Kuyt was practicing his finishing skills. He hit every ball hard and high in the net. But I was watching Cooky Voorn. Dick "Cooky" Voorn. Assistant to Bert van Marwijk. Sure, Frank de Boer and Phillip Cocu get Click to continue reading...

Conor Casey's 12th goal of the season was enough for the Colorado Rapids to win their straight game by a 1-0 margin Saturday, with Toronto FC the victims at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Casey's original plan was to play in the World Cup qualifier against El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium, but a toothache last Saturday night led to a painful wisdom tooth extraction this week. Click to continue reading...

Es ist schon irre, wie Energies einstige Chancentode Shao und Jula derzeit auftrumpfen. Letzte Saison hätten beide die Kirsche meist nicht mal im offenen Scheunentor untergebracht!

Das ist natürlich alles reine Kopfsache. Offensivspieler verhalten sich in dieser Hinsicht
genau wie Frauen.

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Toronto FC head to Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City this Saturday night for the first of two games against the Colorado Rapids. Following a closely fought 0-0 showing in Seattle, Toronto rides into town on the back of MLS Save of the Week winner Stefan Frei. The teams will face each other again next week in Toronto.

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Major League Soccer has fined Colorado Rapids captain Pablo Mastroeni $1,250 and suspended him two games for endangering the safety of Houston Dynamo defender Andrew Hainault on Sunday.

The incident occurred in the 63rd minute of the Rapids' 1-0 victory at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Watch it here.

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Rapids defender Ugo Ihemelu, one of the fastest players in Major League Soccer, throws the ball in during a scrimmage last month against the Colorado School of Mines. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

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The Colorado Rapids have traded defender Ugo Ihemelu to Dallas for Drew Moor, the club announced Monday.

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The Fire, fresh off of Wednesday night's weak performance in a 2-0 loss to the L.A. Galaxy, will be looking to reverse their fortunes Sunday evening, when they take on the Colorado Rapids at Toyota Park (5 p.m. on My50). The match will be the second time the Fire and Rapids have met in 2009. The first match was a good one for the Fire as they went into Dick's Sporting Goods Park and took all three points from the Rapids with a convincing 2-1 win.

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Conor Casey has plenty of reasons to cheer. Three of them for the number of goals he scored in the Colorado Rapids' 4-0 defeat of Chivas USA at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Saturday night. One more for his team leapfrogging both Chivas and Seattle Sounders FC in the Western Conference standings. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you watch Alessandro Rosina say "screw you, Dick" and score 38 minutes into his Zenit debut..... Predicting the first to suffer the Spanish ax. (La Liga Loca) Juande Ramos now in the business of helping failing businesses. (Off The Post) Reviewing the book Why England Lose. (101 Great Goals) Wolves parents choose betting logo over [. Click to continue reading...

In the long ago time of May 2009 when this grueling, mind-numbing dead period known as summer was just a cloud on the horizon Benfica issued a statement saying they had no interest in Brazilian midfielder Ramires. So, of course, the very next day they signed him.

The only problem is that the Portuguese stock market (CMVM) didn't think this was so cool of them, and threatened to fine them up to €2.

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After the Colorado Rapids defeated his team 4-0 on Saturday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Jeff Agoos, the sporting director of the New York Red Bulls, graciously took some time to talk soccer with me in the press box. We discussed the Red Bulls, the All-Star Game, the national team and the Gold Cup final.

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Four players scored to give the Colorado Rapids a 4-0 shutout over the New York Red Bulls at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night. Jacob Peterson won a race to the ball in front of the goal in the fifth minute to start the scoring, and then the visitors created chances throughout the first half and looked poised to equalize. Click to continue reading...

In the comment thread of the Toronto post, bad ass Duane decided to stop by and talk some blog traffic smack.

I got a whole single referral from that link. That's like a 1/10th of a cent in my pocket.
Thanks Fake Sigi for the single person you drove to my site. Keep on keepin' on dude.

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Rapids coach Gary Smith discusses his team's 1-0 victory over FC Dallas on Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, the effects of losing players to national-team duties and Wednesday night's international friendly against Club America.

How important was Saturday's victory?

On some occasions we've come away from less than full points.

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Anyone who reads Advantage Played regularly knows one thing about me, I really don't like David Beckham. The "ultimate professional" has never been a true professional and his actions on and off the field have proven that to every Major League Soccer fan.
A Professional Unprofessional
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Things seemingly cannot get over the hump for FC Dallas. Just as you think they might have found a system and form that works - only to end up in Denver and drop a load at an empty Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Click to continue reading...

A 79th-minute blast by Kosuke Kimura gave the Colorado Rapids a 1-0 win over FC Dallas and three valuable league points at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Saturday night. But despite netting the game-winner, Kimura's solid defending may have done just as much to win the game--and endear him to Rapids faithful. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids entered their match Saturday night outside Denver with FC Dallas missing Omar Cummings, Colin Clark and Cory Gibbs. Dallas hoped to take advantage of those major contributors' absence by sneaking out of Dick's Sporting Goods Park with a win. Click to continue reading...

It is sad to read about the demise of what I thought was a good idea. I had visions in my mind of starting something similar here in Denver using the great Dick's Sporting Good Soccer Complex. Unfortunately it looks like it is harder to make a go of than I thought. Bummer. Click to continue reading...

So here goes; Alexei Kovalev has signed for the Ottawa Senators. He was the only reason I really really enjoyed the Montreal Canadiens in the past few seasons, even when he was a lethargic, self-regarding dick, perhaps mostly because he was a lethargic, self-regarding dick. I'll never forget his first round playoff goal when his helmet came off and suddenly it was 1972 and he scored on a backhanded shot that was beautiful. Click to continue reading...

On Saturday I was on KJR-AM Seattle with Dick Fain talking the Rapids and Timbers matches and a bit about Montero as well. Direct Link for Media Player and for those that Podcast. One thing I would like to do is crowd source my coaching. It has been a LOOOOOnnnnngg time since I was in Comm [...] Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids have announced they will host an international friendly match against legendary Mexican League side Club América at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Wednesday, July 15. The match is schedule for a 7:30 p.m. MT kickoff. Club América, based in Mexico City, is one of the most successful teams world-wide, having captured 10 Primera División championships.

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Kieft's "failed" header against Ireland 1988 Traditionally in football, the center forward was a big and strong finisher, almost always good with the head. Think Joe Jordan, Horst Hrubesch, Cees van Kooten, Dick Nanninga and Wim Kieft. Nowadays, being a good header doesn't mean you need to be tall and big. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids will host Mexico's Club América at 7:30 p.m. July 15 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in an international friendly.

Club América, based in Mexico City, has captured 10 Primera División championships. Despite not being the oldest Mexican club, Club América has achieved more international glory than any other club from Mexicoand is tied with FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich for the number of official international titles, with eight.

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