Rapids win inaugural Rocky Mountain Cup

JasonMa · 10-14-2005, 01:37 PM

Trophy awarded to Colorado Rapids supporters for 2005-2006 season

The inaugural presentation of the Rocky Mountain Cup trophy made
history on October 12th in a tightly-fought contest between Real Salt
Lake and the Colorado Rapids. It was not until the lone tally by
Fabrice Noel of the Rapids in the 87th minute that the first holder of
the Rocky Mountain Cup was essentially assured.

A few minutes later, with a 1-0 win in hand to bring the overall series
for 2005 to 9 points for the Rapids and 3 for RSL, the Committee of 10
made an onfield presentation of the trophy, officially handing it off
to the Colorado Rapids players and fans. The trophy will reside in
Colorado until its awarding at the end of next season's competition,
managed by fans of the team.

In less than a year, the Rocky Mountain Cup competition went from a
simple desire by fans of both clubs to capture the spirit of rivalry to
an official trophy presentation in the stadium after the final game of
the season for both teams.

Even more defining, the RMC has become established in the minds of fans
of soccer across the country and especially in Colorado and Utah. The
hard work by C10 members to help create the finest trophy possible also
helped in ensuring the viability and interest of supporters and players
alike.

And the rivalry will simply continue to grow from here, if the
interaction of club fans at the final meeting and award presentation is
any indication. True passion was on display from both sides, with
Rapids players offering RSL fans a final glimpse of the Cup in a
celebration lap, and RSL fans showering Rapids supporters with
good-natured RSL-color mementos.

Thanks to all the hard work by our fellow members of the Committee of
10, the efforts by many people at both clubs to assist and get behind
our efforts, and the trust to which the supporters of both teams placed
in us to come through in the creation of the Rocky Mountain Cup.

Stay tuned for more information on where and when the Rocky Mountain
Cup trophy will be available for fans to view and get pictures with. At
this time, the trophy is expected to be on display during the Rapids
first playoff game, Saturday October 22nd.

JasonMa · 10-14-2005, 01:39 PM

Believe it or not, this is not meant as a troll. Just continung the procedure of posting all RMC releases here and on BigSoccer in both teams forums and the MLS N&A forum.

fuegote · 10-14-2005, 01:43 PM

a poem by Emily Dickenson reminds me of JasonMa, (editorial liberty of course)

"I'm a Crapids Fan [nobody] who are you?
are you a crapids fan too?
then there's a pair of us but don't tell,
they might banish us you know."

Stucki · 10-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Congratulations to the Crapids for winning their last ever trophy.

Deuce · 10-14-2005, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stucki

Congratulations to the Crapids for winning their last ever trophy.

🕺
LOL

Aerick · 10-14-2005, 01:53 PM

Is that Kevin Costner up front in the blazer???? 😉

DadOf8 · 10-14-2005, 09:03 PM

Hey, I think this is the first time a Colorado team, other than the Broncos, has ever won anything.

Loyal1 · 10-14-2005, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aerick

Is that Kevin Costner up front in the blazer???? 😉

No, his accent is better than Costner's.

And he might be the best player they have...

bigwilly087 · 10-15-2005, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DadOf8

Hey, I think this is the first time a Colorado team, other than the Broncos, has ever won anything.

to be fair here the avalance have been quite succesful over the years

Section 37 · 10-15-2005, 07:39 AM

I'm just not into the RMC. I don't care enough about Colorado. To me, they're western interlopers. The west ends on our side of the Rockies. Colorado is a plains state. They should find some teams in Nebraska and the Dakotas to play with.

Our real rivalry is with Chivas. In my opinion. The trophy can stay in Colorado.