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League looking for players

May 10, 10:08 am | By Shaun Schafer | 1

The Continental League is holding tryouts for amateur players on May 21 and May 22 in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Denver.

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LA to host 2011 MLS Cup

May 10, 10:04 am | By Shaun Schafer | 1

If the Rapids get the chance to defend the 2010 MLS Cup, the team will be doing it on the home field of the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA.

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Ecuadorian earns league honors

May 9, 1:36 pm | By Shaun Schafer

Joao Plata picked up the player of the week honors, but defenders were more deserving of consideration.

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Rapids, Revolution split points

May 8, 2:02 pm | By Shaun Schafer | 3

Using a patchwork lineup, the Colorado Rapids managed a 0-0 draw with New England on Saturday night.

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Rapids roar back to win

May 4, 8:55 pm | By Shaun Schafer | 1

A month after the team’s third win, the Colorado Rapids came from behind to tip the Houston Dynamo on the strength of a Scott Palguta strike. That’s right, Palguta.

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Bruin picked as player of the week

May 2, 12:40 pm | By Shaun Schafer

Will Bruin gets the honors after a Friday night hat trick, but the vote here went to Seattle’s Brad Evans.

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Akpan strike provides tie

May 1, 7:25 am | By Shaun Schafer

Andre Akpan’s first professional start produced his first professional goal, and led the Rapids back from 1-0 down to tie the Chicago Fire.

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About George: George Tanner fell in love with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the North American Soccer League while living in the Tampa, Fla., area in the mid-1970s. He got his first taste of newspapering while following the Rowdies every day in the Tampa Tribune, and from there grew the seeds of a journalism career in which he has worked at the Colorado Springs Sun; the Daily Camera in Boulder; the Durango Herald; The Daily Independent in Ridgecrest, Calif.; the Greeley Tribune; and the Rocky Mountain News. E-mail George here.

About Cole: Not since the days of Ace Ntsoelengoe, the Minnesota Kicks and the North American Soccer League has Cole McGinnis been so excited about soccer. Cole handles the business functions of ColoradoSoccerNow.com, and he's the man to speak with about front-office issues. E-mail Cole here.

About Jonathan: Jonathan Ingraham is a Colorado native, sports hound, outdoors enthusiast and Metropolitan State College student, working on a journalism degree. Outside of school, he works as a freelance photographer and is available for photographing places, people, events, games or artistic shoots for businesses or personal collections. E-mail Jonathan here.

About Tom: Tom Auclair remembers watching the New England Tea Men when he was younger and thinking what a terrible name that was for a sports team. He has worked for the Rocky Mountain News, Longmont Daily Times-Call and several newspapers in New Hampshire. He's currently working as an editor and photographer for a collection of Web sites. He can't believe how quick Omar Cummings is. E-mail Tom here.