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An Open Letter Response To Jeff Plush’s Colorado Rapids State of the Club Address…
As my dedicated readers know, I am first and foremost a Colorado Rapids fan. When I started blogging I decided to focus on college players moving on up the ranks, but on hot summer nights I’m at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park watching my ‘Pids. So, sometimes I have to digress of my main subject area and today is one of those days. As you may or may not know, Jeff Plush has posted his State of the ...
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Who Ate All The Cupcakes? — ... status of Donovan (and Ruiz, which could also come into play) to bail out the Gals. Can't really argue with him on this one, the move looks really bad. MLS should've just been smart and said that these players were grandfathered for the remainder of their current contracts, since the contracts were signed prior to the rule being implemented. Colorado: GM Jeff Plush has issued a "State of the Club" Q&A on the Rapids website. Here's an open letter response and more discussion on the Q&A here. The Rapids are becoming my favorite soap ...

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