If you need any evidence of the uneven season the Rapids have endured so far in 2011, look no
further than this season's golden boot winner.
On a team with Conor Casey, Omar Cummings and Caleb Folan, it should have been that one of them
would win the title as the team's top scorer.
Surprises: However, it was not to be.
Colorado Rapids Andre Akpan (center) is surrounded by Isidro Metapan Jorge Luis Moran (left),
and Alfredo Pacheco during the CCL opener Aug. 17. (Photograph by Jessica
Taves/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
With a Rapids squad in Honduras for CONCACAF Champions League play tonight, The Tuesday List
takes a look at travel distances for the Rapids, and what the team faces in some away games that
are truly far away.
Looking at the two conferences in the MLS, the inclusion and exclusion of teams from playoff
consideration is muddled by the number of games the teams have played.
No teams have played more than the 26 games of the Colorado Rapids and Toronto FC. No team has
played fewer MLS games than Real Salt Lake's 22.
The Colorado Rapids have only four home games remaining in the MLS regular season, and as the
dates dwindle, The Tuesday List takes a look at how the roster has changed since the team moved to
Dick's Sporting Goods Park for the 2007 season.
Looking at the 2011 roster, we go back in time to who was here in each of the previous
seasons.
The USL teams are done for the season, college soccer has yet to start and the Rapids play on
Friday night.
A native near the top of the Twin Sisters trail. (Photograph by Shaun
Schafer/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
This opens up a rare opportunity for the local soccer fan to get out of the house and head to
the hills this weekend.
The MLS and Red Bull New York announced today that individual tickets to the 2011 AT&T MLS
All-Star Game on July 27 at Red Bull Arena featuring the MLS All-Stars against Manchester United
are sold out to the general public.
The match will be telecast live on ESPN2, Galavision, and TSN at 6:30 p.