- Deshorn Brown started Jamaica's 1-0 loss to Trinidad & Tobago in a friendly on Friday. They will play T&T again in Port of Spain tomorrow and I expect Brown to get some more time in that game.
- Deshorn's countryman Brenton Griffiths underwent shoulder surgery on Wednesday. The surgery will keep him out for about 4 months. This will take him right up and possibly into the start of the 2014 season, so he'll have a hard time claiming a place on next year's roster after he's healthy.
- As part of their preseason the Rapids will take part in the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, AZ from Feb. 19th - Mar. 1st. They will play Chicago, FC Tucson, and New England, plus one more game against another one of the 5 teams in the competition (Chivas USA and FSL being the other two) depending on the standings after the first 3 rounds. This after they play Chivas USA in Las Vegas on Feb. 16th.
And unrelated to the Rapids but of interest to soccer fans (and other niche sports). If you have a Roku box you can sign up for DishWorld's sports package for $10 a month. This gets you 5 sports channels; Universal Sports (Olympic sports), Nautical (boating and board water sports), One World Sports (coverage of East Asian sports including most of the East Asian soccer leagues and the Asian Champions League, plus the Chelsea, Arsenal, and Bayern Munich club channels), beIn Sports, and beIn Sports Espanol (English and Spanish coverage of European soccer and motor sports, South American soccer, World Cup Qualifiers, and cycling). Comcast subscribers in Denver get both beIn channels on most packages but only in SD, while the Roku package is in HD and gives you the other 3 channels. You also get 13 other non-sports channels for free ranging from Euronews to LUXE TV.
I used the beIn channel yesterday morning to watch the Cameroon-Tunisia World Cup Qualifier live and in HD from Yaounde, Cameroon. It worked well.
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