Road wins and Pablo Mastroeni goals, once rare occurences for the Rapids, are suddenly coming into vogue.
The team captain, who went more than four years between goals before scoring in ’09, delivered a 73rd minute dagger Saturday that propelled Colorado to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution. Mastroeni’s goal came eight months after he scored against Chivas USA on Aug. 8, 2009.
With the road win, the Rapids moved to 3-1-1 (10 points) and second place in the West. New England fell to 2-3-0 (6 points).
In three road games …

Colorado readies to face the New England Revolution on Saturday at Gillette Stadium.

Colorado returns to the win column with a game that went from nervy to a 3-1 rout of staggering Toronto FC.

DU dedicated CIBER Field in front of a sellout crowd on Saturday.

Rapids face a Toronto team that found winning ways on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Union. While Preki appears to be putting the puzzle together in Toronto, the Reds lack defensive mettle and all offense is coming through warhorse Dwayne De Rosario.

Five Colorado teams featured in USL’s Super-20 women’s Rocky Mountain Division.

The four-time defending Sun Belt Conference champion University of Denver women’s soccer team will host nine games, including one against regional rival Colorado, and will face 2009 NCAA Tournament teams UCLA and Washington State as part of DU’s 2010 schedule, head coach Jeff Hooker announced today.
 
Following a home exhibition against Nebraska (Aug. 15) and the season opener at Loyola Marymount (Aug. 27), the Pioneers will host the home opener against Buffalo, which is coached by former DU assistant Michael Thomas.
 
On Sept. 4-6, Denver will host the DU Invitational, a tournament …

Colorado Rush adds a Florida State University midfielder for the club’s inuagural W League season.

Colorado worked from behind Tuesday night to beat the Kansas City Wizards 2-1 in a play-in game for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Wells Thompson scored both goals for the Rapids, first equalizing the score in the 24th minute and then knocking in the winner in the 80th.
The midfielder’s first goal erased a fourth minute strike from rookie forward Teal Bunbury that gave the Wizards the lead on the University of Missouri-Kansas City field. 
With the win, the Rapids will now face either Philadelphia Union, New York Red Bulls or New …

Hopes for gathering two road wins in the first two games of the season proved futile for the Rapids as the team fell to the host Kansas City Wizards 1-0 Saturday night.