Soccer Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
Life is good in Texas for USL Championship side El Paso Locomotive FC. The Locomotive have enjoyed plenty of success in recent weeks following a slow start to the season. After losing their first three matches while conceding six goals and scoring just two, things have turned around. Locomotive have since gone on a seven-match […] READ MORE
EDITORIAL – Four months ago, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC played their first home game at their new downtown soccer-specific stadium, the new Weidner Field. Brendan Burke’s side now find themselves second in the Mountain Division. They’re averaging just over 6,000 in attendance, good for 6th in the USL Championship. The Switchbacks and Weider Field are […] READ MORE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Friday May 21, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC played their first league match at the brand new Weidner Field. Midfielder Austin Dewing played his final game with the club. A 2018 graduate of the Airforce Academy, he was being reassigned by the U.S. Airforce, leaving for pilot school. Austin Dewing Says […] READ MORE
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, we hear from Micheal Azira! Rabbi and Red discuss the befuddling loss to LAFC. We banter about the Switchbacks opening up Weidner Field with a loss to the God Emperor Azira’s New Mexico United. The venerable Jon Arnold stops by to preview […] READ MORE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The wait is finally over! Weidner Field is open for business. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC hosted their first USL Championship home match on Friday night at their new stadium. Colorado Springs Switchback FC Open Weidner Field With Draw The Switchbacks and their supporters felt excitement, and some nerves, when it was […] READ MORE
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Soccer Fans! This week on Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red have a Switchbacks Season Preview for you! We begin talking Concacaf Champions League, concussions substitutions, and Jeff Larentowicz retiring. Red goes over the two recent preseason games, a loss to RSL and draw to LA Galaxy. Colorado Rapids Podcast: […] READ MORE
PODCAST – Hello Colorado Rapids fans! This week on Holding The High Line, Rabbi and Red are preseason fit. We discuss the Jozy Altidore tweet and the fallout for the USMNT failing to qualify for the Olympics for a third time consecutively. Matt nerds out on hiking and topography maps when talking about the new […] READ MORE
EDITORIAL – Of all the domestic signings of this MLS offseason, Michael Edwards might have the most interesting journey to signings an MLS Homegrown contract. Originally from Northern Virginia, he left the D.C. United Academy as a teenager to join the VfL Wolfsburg academy. He signed for the Colorado Rapids on March 4 and this […] READ MORE
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – The Colorado Rapids will not be fielding a team in the MLS Reserve League in 2021, should it begin play, Executive Vice President and General Manager Padraig Smith told Last Word on Soccer today. Colorado Rapids Will Not Field MLS Reserve League Team in 2021 MLS announced the return of the […] READ MORE
EDITORIAL – The Colorado Rapids have been busy loaning out Homegrown and reserve players for the start of the MLS and USL Championship season. Matt Hundley, a 19-year-old Homegrown winger spent much of 2019 with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. To start 2020, he’s with Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship Eastern Conference. And it […] READ MORE
Matt has been writing for Last Word since 2014. He previously covered Saint Louis FC in their inaugural season. Now he lives in Denver, covering the Colorado Rapids and LA Galaxy, with one eye on the U.S. National Teams.