I didn't get to cover this during my busy week last week, but the Rapids found out their Open Cup opponent last week. They'll host the expansion New Mexico United of the USL Championship. Lets not get our hopes up about playing a expansion team, we saw how that went last year. New Mexico is currently the top of the Western Conference and second overall in the Championship, so this will not be an easy match. The match is next Wednesday at 7pm. In a very smart move the Rapids have given a free ticket to the match to each season ticket holder, so we may see a decent attendance (relatively speaking) for this one.
Unrelated to all of that, there was a rumor this week that Mexican side Cruz Azul was interested in Diego Rubio. From the comments it seems this is more talk to appease the fanbase than serious interest, but Diego's brother did play for Cruz Azul in 2007. If its more than talk and there's an offer that isn't insulting the Rapids would do well to seriously consider it. Rubio has shown flashes but hasn't settled in as much as some of our other new additions and may end up being extraneous in the long run.
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