Zero nibbles or rumours on Rafael Santos, Rapids LB that's out of contract. $401K last year, roughly league-average G+ numbers, and just turned 27 years old. Feels like a useful MLS cog or at least a guy who still has some miles for a Brazilian team. Assume he's asking too much. #Rapids96

Winning Time on HBO. Enjoy it, but as a guilty pleasure. It’s a trashy soap opera. And bummed they killed it after two seasons.

Find me any American leader who’d be willing to sacrifice the life of their son or daughter in a war with Denmark over Greenland.

An idea the Shem Mishmuel , Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain of Socatchov, explores for this weeks Torah portion is that the plague of darkness is actually ignorance. And boy are we feeling that acutely in America these days.

Would really like to see supporters groups and teams step up in the fight against ICE. No sitting on the sidelines ‘worrying about the corporate optics’ which way will the wind blow bullshit. The nation is in crisis. Pick a side.

S2 E2 The Pitt Let me just say, as a 7-year resident of Pittsburgh my God Katherine LaNasa has nailed the yinzer accent perfectly. It's like she's been ordering fries on a salad from Primanti's, on her way to a Stillers game after 'drinkin' dahn sahth side' her whole life.

These oopsies are a reason why global tourists would rather go anywhere than the USA. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Back in the day, the half/half chicken tortilla / potato leak soup at CPK was like the best thing ever.

. @mattdoyle.bsky.social thinks Colorado has $643,775 in GAM. My math has them at -$116,225. You have to read Matt's article, though, to understand that all of this is based on available information. And a lot of information is NOT available. /1 #Rapids96 substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Appearing live in Pittsburgh on February 12. 😊

Ollie will be missed.

Not thrilled with this departure. Harris was a really productive, affordable, versatile player.

This is just a waste of good perfectly good pork chops. If you’re gonna hate me, please, do it without wasting food.

Doyle thinks CO won’t assign Hamzat Ojediran as a DP or U22, which means they’ll just pay down this year’s portion of his transfer ($750k) using TAM. Or they’ll assign him to one of those designations later. Still plenty of money/roster flexibility to buy 1 or 2 big ticket players in this window.

Former #Rapids96 mid Acosta going to Poland. Not the landing spot I’d pick, but I guess him and his agent like it so…

2.7 million acres. Twice the size of Delaware. So tell me again why the scoreboard at DSGP is still busted? #Rapids96 #KroenkeGonnaKroenke www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/r...

As of right now, 15 Men's World Cup qualified countries have had visa processing frozen. Full list in the picture. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

It is a somewhat strange marketing approach: blasting out an ad to everyone that says ‘this is niche content and you’re probably not cool enough for it.’ That said, that’s almost exactly what @bymattpollard.bsky.social and I think about @rapids96podcast.bsky.social . Not made for everyone.

The so-called party of free speech and small government is happily supporting armed, masked government agents conducting “show me your papers” stops and brutalizing U.S. citizens. Their real “party values” are terrorizing communities of color and anyone else who speaks out. Remember this.

The fight against ICE is the same fight against antisemitism in the US, which is why Jews need to understand that the Trump administration will never be our friends, no matter what they may say.

I’ve been trying not to think about. 1) It’s unfair. A new team will always come with huge buzz and excitement. 2) The Rapids refuse to set a grand vision for the club - not in signings, not in stadium plans or amenities, not in marketing, & certainly not in spending. Summit are gonna crush them.

Mostly it’s about Heaps and what an awesome signing this is for Colorado soccer. But also it was my first time trying to say Hamzat Odejiran into a mic. Please be gentle in the comments.

S8E42: Heaps of Tools Hello Colorado Soccer fans! Happy New Year! HTHL discusses the huge news of Linsey Heaps to Denver Summit. We talk all news and whispers from Rapids preseason. And we're pumped for the Denver soccer attendance case study. bleav.com/shows/holdin...

Alaska has about 1.3 people per square mile. Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, all have fewer than 12 people per square mile. We do not, in any way, ‘need Greenland.’ We have plenty of virtually uninhabited states already.

Hey @nytimes.com Here’s how you write headlines.

Matt and I spent most of our time on @rapids96podcast.bsky.social last night talking about what it means to have Lindsey Heaps in Colorado.

Las Palmas is a sponsor of the Riverhounds. Their radio station broadcasts every game from the Hounds press box. I am livid. Abolish ICE.

Out of control. Totally unaccountable.

Boy do we have short memories. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ran on universal free childcare. After they were eliminated from the race, both the Dems and the GOP forgot about families. Let’s be honest: neither party has cared about this issue at all since 2016.

Rapids 2025 Superdraft pick just won the MAC Hermann trophy. Now he’s turning pro. Is Colorado going to announce him signing today? Or perhaps R2? #Rapids96 cc: @pghsoccernow.bsky.social

Sam Bassett apparently trialing with Nashville SC. #Rapids96

A great move for the Riverhounds. And for Dikwa. pittsburghsoccernow.com/2026/01/09/c...

HTHL and Burgundy Wave with the shoutout. Thanks SixOneFive! @burgundywave.bsky.social @rapids96podcast.bsky.social

There is no Federal statute of limitations for murder. Jonathan Ross will face a jury. Even if it isn’t under these fascists.

I guess I’m glad I haven’t watched a Steelers game this year till now. They … aren’t great. I mean the defense is good. But the offense, yikes.

Just learned that the synagogue firebombed in Mississippi housed the ISJL which was one of my first job interviews in 2006 when I graduated rabbinical school.

Lindsey Heaps (Horan) is coming home! Basically, the best thing the franchise could ever imagine to generate buzz; the prodigal daughter returns. #DenverSummit #NWSL www.nwslsoccer.com/news/heaps-h...

#Rapids96 training camp in Florida starts tomorrow, January 13. Roster seems to be 90% done. But: - Not sure who will start on the left wing - No news on Ollie Larraz or Rafa Santos - No word on Rafa Navarro staying or going - Team probably still needs a CB as depth - No HG signing announcements

great turnout at the pittsburgh memorial for renee good in absolutely brutal weather www.publicsource.org/ice-out-pitt...

New favorite #Rapids96 player just dropped.

ICE protest Pittsburgh in the freezing cold. At least 2,000 people. We the people … are pissed.

The folks with a badge and a gun that shoot an unarmed protester from the back with no investigation, with no consequences are the ones that embolden people to firebomb synagogues. Because they see if they hate the right people, they can get away with anything.

Waking up to a firebombed synagogue in Mississippi. We are regressing as a country back to our worst days.

From @tombogert.bsky.social 's piece on Matt Wells: "The word I use a lot with the players is ‘Dominate.' Every game starts with the mindset that we are the big team on the pitch." Well there's something we've never heard in conjunction with #Rapids96 before. www.nytimes.com/athletic/695...

At another ICE protest this morning. Connor Lamb was there. He asked us to tell congress to stop funding ICE, which he called ‘out of control.’

Re: Hamzat Ojediran’s reported $3mil fee. I’m sure at that price the FO is like ‘we got our guy’. And fans are like ‘I remember when the FO thought Yannick Boli and Juan Ramirez and Nana Boateng and Stephan Aigner and Gaby Torres were gonna be ‘the guy.’

Hey look, guys. The nerds have come up with a PR rebrand for expansive colonialism, authoritarian bullying, and extractive capitalism. They’re calling it ‘flexible realism.’

Burgundy Wave reporting that the transfer fee for Hamzat Ojediran is $3 million. For that big a transfer fee, he will almost certainly be designated as a young DP, which carries a $200k budget charge regardless of his actual cost. #Rapids96

We … asked to be extra-judicially murdered by masked men for being in the wrong place at the wrong time?