The Police, The Premier League, The FA And The Great And The Good All Blame Black Man For Racism
Their faces contorted with hatred.
And with good reason too.
The object of their racist scorn was tormenting them.
And he sports dreadlocks...
The response to Emmanuel Adebayor's excellent goal celebration - this is what football used to be about, passion, confrontation, battle, until it was rebranded as a casino game - has been what one expects of a xenophobic little island. Click to continue reading...

The Rapids Undercurrent, has a new post with some stuff from coach Gary Smith with a bunch more on Ihemelu and Moor. Click to continue reading...

Fight fire with fire, the expression goes. I have always argued that there is a basic anti-Arsenal undercurrent running through many of the unobjective media and some Football Administrative bodies. I have to ask myself why? To repeat a section of an earlier blog I refer you to the club statement released in response to Eduardo's ban.

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Britain isn't the only country in which football clubs are prone to occasional financial collapse. Paul Grech, from the Italian football blog Il Re Calcio, writes on the rise, fall, rise and fall again of the Italian club Pisa AC.

For a city that has been made famous by its gravity defying leaning tower, there's a bit of irony in Pisa AC's penchant for tragic and spectacular crashes.

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Chelsea met Inter at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena. The game was dominated by Jose Mourinho's former club and the Special One could not hide his displeasure. Lampard, Drogba, Malouda, Sturridge and Essien kept the pressure up on the Nerrazurri. Drogba hit a speculative shot on goal which Belec was unable to get fully behind and only managed to deflect the ball into goal in the 10'.

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The Wizards Juniors team pulled off a win in their final game in Colorado as part of the MLS Youth Cup. The Juniors defeated the Colorado Rapids Juniors team 5-1 yesterday. For a full recap of the tournament, check out the Rapids official blog, Undercurrent. Click to continue reading...

For those who don't subscribe to the Rapids' Undercurrent Blog you will have missed this gem. Yes, Zinedine Zidane just happened to stop by the adidas ESP camp going on here in Denver and actually played with the All*Star team of the annual event.
This kind of blows my mind. Every summer the adidas ESP event is a premier invite only camp that works with the best of the American youth soccer field. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Rapids have loaned midfielder Ciaran O'Brien to the Austin Aztex for the remainder of the 2009 season, the club announced.

O'Brien joins the USL First Division side, and he will be available for its game Saturday night against the Charleston Battery.

"I think this is a wonderful opportunity for him to get games, to further his development and really to play in what is most important in front of a crowd and for points," Rapids coach Gary Smith told the Rapids Undercurrent.

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Today the Rapids launched their official blog, The Rapids Undercurrent. I guess I have some more competition now in the Rapids blogosphere. Something tells me a lot of what I write wouldn't make it onto their blog (for better or for worse) though, so I think I still have a niche. ;) Click to continue reading...