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Re: Peterson tears ACL, to undergo surgery

compensation claims advice — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:03:03 -0000

The term ‘personal injury’ covers a broad range of injury and accident types – from whiplash sustained from a car accident, to a broken ankle from slipping on a pavement, to cerebral palsy caused through medical negligence. A personal injury can be physical or psychological, and can have long or short term effects.

Re: Then and now

Shea Patrick — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:45:10 -0000

The team flew out on Wednesday of that week, and the wives/gals/media flight was for Saturday morning. But we had a blizzard, and all flights were cancelled.

Re: Then and now

sus — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:22:33 -0000

So what happened? Did the plane have rows of three, and Marcus sat in the middle? A good story to ready for the FC Dallas. All eyes on Toronto, eh? Thanks for the great coveragethis season, Pat!

Re: Up-to-snuff assessment

Patrick Shea — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:07:54 -0000

Mike, Rachel, Mark, and Chabba... They don't know each other. They're just normal people who are involved in the game throughout every week as parents, coaches, and players. The focal point was their unanimous sentiment. Three coincidental data points in two months sparked the question. Believe me, I repeated the "ever-improvement" argument and encouraged them all to simply try watching again and decide.

Re: Up-to-snuff assessment

Blah — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:40:05 -0000

Who in the "Colorado soccer community" aired these statements? Source the statement(s) as this is the first many have heard of this. Where did this come from?

Re: Rapids flatten to close season

SBwn — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:25:37 -0000

What a well-written wrap ...thanks, Pat Shea!

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

M.Murphy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:27 -0000

Wow...Nice praise. I'm not sure about the "two of the best in the trade" part, but we certainly appreciate it!!

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

ASN_Editor — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:21 -0000

yes we have credentialed photographers and the guys who shoot the Rapids happen to be two of the best in the trade :)

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

CBielstein — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:14 -0000

Yeah, that elbow is brutal! What a great picture of it, though. The best I've seen of it. Something I've wondered is how you guys get those pictures. Do you have dedicated ASN photographers?

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

M.Murphy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:34:03 -0000

CB,
Thanks, I took that shot. My son Nick and I shoot all the Rapids home games. Sometimes we get the shot, sometimes we don't, but we always have fun trying.

Thanks a bunch and I hope you enjoy them.

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

CBielstein — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:54 -0000

Sweet deal. I definitely do enjoy them, so keep up the good work! :)

Re: Rapids drench short-handed Real Salt Lake

M.Murphy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:45 -0000

Thanks...We'll try.

Re: Rapids spank Chivas 4-0, move into third place in West

Jason — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:18 -0000

2nd hat trick this season for Casey (@LA) and 3rd in his Rapids career, the only Rapids player to ever have more than one.

Re: Rapids spank Chivas 4-0, move into third place in West

Jeff Cann — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:11 -0000

If Conor keeps this up, he will displace John Spencer as my favorite striker for the Rapids.

Re: First of two: Toronto come to Colorado

Jeff Cann — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:33:02 -0000

I think Colorado will not miss Ihemelu too much. He tended to lose his mark and this created a lot of chances and goals.

Re: Déjà vu draw

Matt Urland — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:31:08 -0000

Wednesday night the Rapids played like San Jose were supposed to show up and hand them points for the playoffs. Despite the intensity and constant effort of Kosuke Kimura and Omar Cummings, the Rapids' tempo was almost off. It was clear at the half that San Jose coach made some key adjustments to create scoring opportunities in the second half for Ryan Johnson, who wasn't a factor in the first half. San Jose's Jason Hernandez and Chris Leitch came right out and showed the Rapids forwards that they would have to earn any scoring opportunity, and they weren't going to lay down and give the Rapids any room to move. You could tell with 10 minutes left in the match that the Rapids were playing not to lose rather than win. Pablo Mastroeni's first game back from suspension might have been the only reason the Rapids earned the point. San Jose is mathematically out of the playoffs and played great until a penalty with minutes left in the match that set up Conor Casey's penalty kick. Casey had been all but mugged at gunpoint the entire match.

Re: Déjà vu draw

Matt Urland — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:30:57 -0000

More from Matt Urland:
After the game, San Jose keeper Joe Cannon seemed to be pleased with the effort of a team that is close to becoming something great. Of course Joe also made mention of the fact that the Rapids had more success when he was here. In the Rapids locker room, Cummings said "the key to the next match is to come out intense in the first 25 minutes, unlike tonight." Maybe in Kansas City, the Rapids will play to win, instead of playing not to lose.

Re: Déjà vu draw

Jeff Cann — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:30:47 -0000

Ugh. This may be the undoing of the Rapids. The Earthquakes are at the bottom of the league, only a few points above shambolic NYRB. IMHO - 4 points lost in the last two games for the Rapids. They could have ascended to 42 points and moved from 6th to 3rd place in the playoff race.

Gary Smith targeted 40 points. I'm not sure the Rapids will get there with away games at Kansas City, Dallas and rival Salt Lake. The final home match against a New England. Granted - all 4 of these teams are below the Rapids in the standings. RSL and New England have a legitimate shot of getting into playoff position. FC Dallas and KC are not mathematically out of it but realistically they are spoilers like San Jose.

It's going to be an interesting final few weeks of the season.

Re: Cummings, Pickens ensure victory for Colorado

Patrick Shea — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:29:55 -0000

More apologies... Dejan Jakovic is Canadian (born in Croatia).

Re: Cummings, Pickens ensure victory for Colorado

Patrick Shea — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:10:56 -0000

Apologies to Rodney Wallace... It was Avery John who sent the ball back (that Cummings converted for the second goal).

Re: 2009 Rocky Mountain Cup, Round I

bob — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:46:25 -0000

you forg ot chris wingert, and its nat borchers, not nate

Re: 2009 Rocky Mountain Cup, Round I

jccann — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:13:23 -0000

Thanks for catching the typo, Jason!

Re: 2009 Rocky Mountain Cup, Round I

Jason — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:45:08 -0000

Conor Casey, not Connor

Re: Rapids host Galaxy for series finale

jccann — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:41:21 -0000

Pat - What is Pickens's injury and when is he expected to return? I like Burpo but not as a starter every week. He gets happy feet and makes mistakes under pressure.

Re: Rapids head to Houston

Patrick Shea — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:41:09 -0000

Gosh!