Colorado faced Chivas USA in a scrimmage at the HDC today. A late Qunicy Amarikwa goal from a Steven Emory assist gave the burgundy boys a 1-0 win. Of course its preseason so its meaningless but wins are always better than losses. The starting XI (trialists makred with a *):
Angulo* - Cummings - MullanLarentowicz - Castrillon - MastroeniZapata* - Marshall - Wynne - KimuraPickens
After subs the team finished with the the following lineup:
Cascio - Amarikwa - AkpanThompson - LaBauex - EmoryFreeman - Palguta - Guido* - AbabioJoyce
Guido is a local player playing with the team while they're in California.

The Rapids played their first friendly of the preseason today against the Ventura County Fusion at Oxnard College in California. The game was a scoreless draw and with no coverage its hard to draw much of anything from the result, but here are the starting lineups for each half (* denotes trialist):
1st Half:
Cascio - Amarikwa - AkpanThompson - Nane - LaBauexFreeman - Marshall - Palguta - Zapata*Ceus
2nd Half:
Angulo* - Archer* - ArmstrongThompson - Nane - Guido*Huazo* - Marshall - Palguta - AbabioJoyce
Obviously this was a game for some of the reserves to try to make their mark in competing for a starting spot.

It's only a matter of time that the Indianapolis Colts let Peyton Manning walk. Since they have the No. 1 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft and will select Andrew Luck, the Colts will let go of Manning and go in a different direction.

With that in mind, where will Manning end up? Well, first of all, since he's dealing with a neck injury, there's a chance he will retire.

Mirror: Welcome to the Copinha, home of The Wall, Rudigullithi and the future of Brazilian football

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

South American football blog: A tribute to the legend that was Socrates

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Two small pieces of news before we get on with the Player Of The Year discussion:
*Steve Nicol turned down the Rapids interview request. There was some talk about him being uncomfortable with the environment here, but all along I thought getting Nicol out of Boston, where he's been for 13 years, would be a long shot.

South American football blog: Why this is the strangest Copa Sul-Americana for years

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Ok, I am in a strange place mentally today.
Imagine that Toronto FC had instantly become the Barcelona of MLS and everything they had ever done had turned into football gold. Expansion draft day arrives for Montreal and their leadership says we must pick up all the ex-TFC players that we can, since their castoffs might still have some of the Toronto magic to them.

With TEN teams still in the title race, is Brazil's current league season the most competitive ever?

This season MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Last night the soccer gods turned away from the Rapids. I'd say they were too busy with golden boy Tebow, but he might have had a worse day than the Rapids. As a Seahawks fan I feel no sympathy. :D A combination of a lack of offense and bad luck really destroyed Colorado's hopes of repeating.
The home side controlled play for most of the first half, but as we've seen in recent games, they could not convert that into goals.

South American football blog: Brazil's thrilling season set for exciting climax

This season MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

The District tournament will be held at Bolivar High School, with a play-in game on Saturday October 29th. The semifinal games are scheduled for October 31st followed by the Final on November 1st. The Bolivar Liberators are the 3 time defending champions, reaching the State Quarterfinals in 2010 where they lost to Marshall.

The road to Brazil 2014 starts here!

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

The Superclassico was no classic but it did offer clues as to the future of Brazilian football

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Jessica Axt (Germantown) and Milwaukee School of Engineering seemingly scored at will in a Northern Athletics Conference women's soccer match Saturday.

Axt set a school record and matched the second-best total in NCAA Division III history with seven goals in a 17-0 rout of Rockford at Uihlein Soccer Park's Time Warner Cable Stadium.

How Leandro Damiao became Brazil's latest superstar striker

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Swindon Town: I dieci giorni di Leon Clarke e il cuore ritrovato Di Renato Cignoni SWINDON TOWN – ROTHERHAM = 3-2 SWINDON TOWN:Mattia Lanzano; Paul Caddis, Alberto Comazzi, Aden Flint, Callum Kennedy; Matt Ritchie, Simon Ferry (Ahmed Abdulla, 59), Alan McCormack, Raffaele De Vita (Alessandro Cibocchi, 75); Mehdi Kerrouche, Lukas Magera (Alan Connell, 68) ROTHERHAM:Conrad Logan; Marcus Marshall,

Welcome to England! What this summer's hottest South American imports will bring to the Prem

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Troy Evans is quick and shifty on the football field. Off the football field, the Marshall wide receiver isn't as smooth. Troy Evans was arrested this week after allegedly going on a robbing spree on Sunday. In total, there are believed to be at least four separate incidents in which Troy Evans committed armed robbery.

Troy Evans is quick and shifty on the football field. Off the football field, the Marshall wide receiver isn't as smooth. Troy Evans was arrested this week after allegedly going on a robbing spree on Sunday. In total, there are believed to be at least four separate incidents in which Troy Evans committed armed robbery.

Just over 21,000 saw Villa earn their place in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup the hard way thanks to a late goal each from Eric Lichaj (80′) and Nathan Delfouneso (88′) from the bench.
It's a game I've yet to see anything from first hand, but it sounds like we dominated the game pretty much in the manner you'd expect over a struggling League Two side, but were frustrated by some fine goalkeeping from 20 year old loanee, David Cornell.

Philadelphia Setup: The Union set up in their accustomed 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield. Miglioranzi played in the holding midfield spot with Carroll out injured. Daniel played wide left and Mapp played wide right. Paunovic played in the center behind the two strikers. Le Toux and Mwanga were the two strikers.

The Rapids continued their dominance over the East with another win over the current Eastern leaders. The Rapids are 5-10-1 against the East, with the only loss being in Columbus and 3 of the 5 wins being over teams who were leading the East at the time of the game. That seems appropriate for the defending Eastern Conference Champions.

Why the 2014 World Cup could see the highest number of South American sides for 80 years

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Brandon Marshall has had a number of incidents off the field that have left many wondering whether he was a bad apple. On Sunday, Brandon Marshall announced that he may have found an answer for his behavior. The superstar wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins says he has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.

Copa America special: How Luis Suarez and Uruguay conquered a continent

Uruguay are the form team in the world game following their Copa America triumph last weekend. Here guest blogger and South American football expert Euan Marshall looks at their remarkable rise.

Gervinho's Signature Could Spark Big Change at AFC by Anders Marshall As readers of Just Arsenal know, I'm not a big fan of Gervinho, at least not until he ships in 30 goals for us with his left foot, while riding a unicycle, at the same time hitting Sam Allardyce in the face. With a [...]

Gervinho's Signature Could Spark Big Change at AFC by Anders Marshall As readers of Just Arsenal know, I'm not a big fan of Gervinho, at least not until he ships in 30 goals for us with his left foot, while riding a unicycle, at the same time hitting Sam Allardyce in the face. With a [...]

Dennis Marshall, the 25 year old left back for Los Ticos tragically passed away in a car crash which also claimed the life of his wife. He was returning from his grandfather's funeral when his car collided head on with a truck near San Jose, the Costa Rican capital.

Marshall saw action five days ago in the Gold Cup quarterfinals against Panama where he scored his first goal, an equalizer which resulted in a penalty shootout loss for his team.

The Costa Rica Federation announced on Thursday that defender Dennis Marshall, who plays for Danish club Aalborg BK, died following a car crash on the Braulio Carillo highway near San Jose, Costa Rica. Marshall, 25 years old, had scored the tying goal for Costa Rica in their quarterfinal match against Honduras on a header from a corner kick, sending the game into a penalty kick shootout, five
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If Rumours Are True, Should Gael Clichy Be Sold? by Anders Marshall Transfers have been slow for Arsenal, with Carl Jenkinson being our only official signing. Surprisingly enough, we're linked with having more players leaving the club than coming in. One story that shocked me was the potential departure of Gael Clichy, our only proven [.

RIP Dennis Costa Rica defender Dennis Marshall has been killed in a car crash just days after scoring for his country in a Gold Cup match. The 25-year-old and his wife both died after their car was in a head-on collision with a truck near the Costa Rican capital San Jose as they made their [...]

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Costa Rica defender Dennis Marshall dead in car crash is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Costa Rican soccer player Dennis Marshall has died in a car crash on Thursday night ( June 23, 2011) after a collision with a truck in Eastern San Jose.

Arsenal Transfers: Is Gervinho Who We Really Need? by Anders Marshall The transfer market is extremely slow now, but will pick up as we move into July. Right now there are more rumours than concrete deals being struck, which leaves a lot of Arsenal fans already feeling uneasy. Arsene Wenger is being his old self [.

Arsenal Transfer Scenarios: Possible situations and outcomes by Anders Marshall As we all know, the transfer season has just begun with a bang with the likes of Liverpool and Man Utd splashing the cash early to get things rolling. It makes me sad as an Arsenal fan knowing Wenger would never make such bold moves [.

Saturday night's Gold Cup quarterfinals ended with a tiebreaker in game one to put Honduras through to the semifinals where they will face Mexico on Wednesday in Houston. After dominating Group A, Mexico needed two second-half goals to put Guatemala out of the tournament. In the early game, Honduras went ahead three minutes into the second-half at the New Meadowlands when Jerry Bengtson scored.

Starting Line Ups

Fire

GK Johnson

D Anibaba, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares

M Oduro, Pause, Husidic, Nyarko

F Puerari, Chaves

Bench : Conway, Robinson, Ristic, Paladini, Bone, Barouch, Nazirit

Crew

GK Hesmer

D Miranda, Marshall, James, Gardner

M Balchan, Ekpo, Gaven, Meram

F Mendoza, Cunningham

Bench : Gruenebaum, Iro, Veeder, Burns, Gehrig, Rusmir, Horton

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5- Lillo volvió a fracasar: nueve puntos sobre treinta y seis posibles. Fue despedido después de recibir en casa ocho goles del Barça de su amigo Guardiola. Después del partido dijo no sentir vergüenza por el resultado.
4- Dos mulás y una mula: Málaga y Getafe vieron cómo les llovían sendos muchimillonarios árabes.

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Multiple chances never materialized into a goal as Toronto FC and the Colorado Rapids battled to a scoreless draw at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Denver.

It was an back-and-forth game early on but neither team could threaten the opposition's goal.

The Home District is 11 while Bolivar has been moved to District 12, which will be the source of the Sectional opponent. The Quarterfinal foe will come from District 9 or 10, Central Missouri area schools. The winner in District 11 will earn their first ever District title and includes 1st year program Republic and the 3rd year Wildcats and Bulldogs.