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Scenes from a streak

June 6, 10:18 am | By Shaun Schafer

What do you make of six consecutive draws? Here at ColoradoSoccerNow.com, we tried to piece together a picture of the streak, and it remains murky.

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Donovan named player of May

June 6, 6:58 am | By Shaun Schafer

Landon Donovan was the choice for player of the month in May. It was a no-brainer vote.

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Force thrashes Highlanders

June 6, 6:51 am | By Shaun Schafer

Three second half goals led the Colorado Force to a 3-0 victory of the visiting expansion side from Victoria, B.C.

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Same song, sixth verse

June 4, 9:25 pm | By Shaun Schafer

Colorado briefly led, but one defensive breakdown gave the Philadelphia Union a 1-1 on Saturday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The night’s draw was a team record sixth in a row for the Rapids.

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Mexico overwhelms New Zealand

June 1, 9:05 pm | By Shaun Schafer

The All Whites shared the pitch at Invesco Field, but little of the pace, control or lethal striking of a Mexico side readying to defend its 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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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.