Open up your wallets, folks, there's about to be something new to buy at the gift shop at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

The Rapids have released a limited number of standing-room-only tickets for Friday's game against the Red Bulls.

Following an exchange of goals in the first four minutes, the Fort Collins Force earned a 1-1 tie Saturday night against L.A. Legends in Azusa, Calif.

Tony Thomas scored a hat trick as the Colorado Predators defeated the Northern Colorado Cutthroats 6-4 on Friday in a Premier Arena Soccer League matchup in Windsor.

Emmanuel Ekpo scored the winner and set up a penalty kick with a nice pass into the box as the Columbus Crew defeated the Rapids 2-1 on Saturday.

With its largest offensive output of the season, the Fort Collins Force topped Ventura County 4-1 on Friday at Ventura, Calif., in the first game of a three-game West Coast road swing.

The Rapids waived Brazilian midfielder Rafael Gomes on Friday.

The United States will host Guatemala on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in a World Cup qualifier.

New owners have announced that a new incarnation of the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer team will join the First Division of the United Soccer Leagues. Indulge me on this one, folks. I grew up in the Tampa, Fla., area, and the NASL version of the Rowdies originally got me interested in soccer and, indirectly, steered me toward a career in journalism!

After reading my post from Saturday's game, the Rapids contacted me to say that watering the field at halftime is a matter of policy.