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Axios
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
The top summer happenings in Denver
Whether it's concerts, amusement parks or a hot summer night at Coors Field, we've got a collection of the best summer events in and around Denver. 🎭 Arts Enjoy a blast from the past at this charming drive-in, the last of its kind in metro Denver, where kids under age 12 get in free. Cost: $10 Denver Chalk Art Festival This two-day affair, hosted this year in the Golden Triangle Creative District, showcases more than 200 artists. Cost: Free Cherry Creek Art Festival 260 artists will share their work along the streets of Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood, along with live music, activities for children and food in this walkable extravaganza Cost: Free Movies at McGregor Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre 🎸 Festivals City Park Jazz The venerable music extravaganza at Denver's largest park kicks off Sunday night, with shows taking over the stage near Ferril Lake every Sunday. Cost: Free Colorado Renaissance Festival Welcome to Larkspurshire, where noblemen and women can enjoy more than 180 vendors and 30-plus special events at this immersive homage to the Middle Ages. Cost: $30 Juneteenth Music Festival Rapper Juvenile will headline this year's Juneteenth Music Festival in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. The holiday commemorates the day enslaved people learned about their freedom. Cost: Free Taste of Ethiopia Festival The festival marks its 10th anniversary with a two-day event recognizing Ethiopian culture, including food, vendors, music and dance in Denver. Cost: Free ⚾️ Outdoor events Colorado Rapids There's hardly a bad seat at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, where the Rapids are posting a winning record so far this season. Cost: Varied Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Times
6 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Bruce Arena wary of his L.A. return against a Galaxy team ‘due' for success
The last time Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan stood together on the sidelines at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy were beating the Colorado Rapids in the MLS Western Conference semifinals. That was 2016 and the win was the pair's 18th playoff victory in eight seasons with the Galaxy. It was also the last game they coached together in Carson. They'll be back on Wednesday, only this time Arena and Sarachan will be in the opposite technical area, standing in front of the San José Earthquakes' bench. And in some ways it's a bittersweet return. Because while both men have mostly fond memories of their time with the Galaxy, they return with the home team hungry and winless through 15 games, the longest drought in franchise history. That makes the homecoming both welcome and challenging. 'I have nothing but good memories of my time in L.A. with the Galaxy. So it's nice to go back,' Arena said. 'I like watching them and they've had tough times. But they're better than their record indicates. We're the next team up, which will be in some ways very, very challenging because you know they're due to have success.' The Galaxy (0-11-4) have led in each of their last three games, only to lose two of them on goals deep in stoppage time. So Wednesday's game could be a dangerous one for the Earthquakes (5-6-4), who are unbeaten in their last five. 'It's almost amazing that they haven't gotten a win,' Sarachan said. 'It's a double-edged sword because there's a certain fragility to it. But at the same time, they're looking to get out of this funk. They're in a tough situation so we just have to be ready.' Arena and Sarachan, his top assistant with both the Galaxy and men's national team, are arguably the most successful coaching duo in U.S. Soccer history, having taken the national team to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup before winning three MLS Cups and two Supporters' Shields in five seasons with the Galaxy. It was the most successful five-year stretch by any team in MLS history. But the Galaxy didn't win another MLS Cup until last season, ending the team's longest trophy drought. Less than two years after leaving the Galaxy to return to the national team, Arena and Sarachan went their separate ways after failing to qualify the U.S. for the 2018 World Cup. They reunited this winter in San José, where they took over a team that had tied the MLS record for losses (25) and broke the record for goals allowed (78) in 2024, guiding it into playoff position after 15 games this year. 'Our goal is to get through the first half of the season where we have a good feel for our team and understand where we need to go in the second half,' Arena said. 'At the end of next week we'll be at the midway point in the season and we have a better feel for where we are. 'We're improving. Maybe not as quick as I'd like but I think we have a chance to be a good team in the season half.' Arena's blueprint for turning the Quakes around is the same one he used to rescue the Galaxy team he took over midway through the 2008 season. In L.A., he remade the roster by shipping out more than 20 players that winter. In San José, he brought in 16 new ones, including former Galaxy defender Dave Romney, who leads the team in minutes played, and former LAFC striker Cristian Arango, who is third in the league with nine goals. But while Arena celebrates his team's success, he takes no joy from the Galaxy's struggles. 'Listen, I did my spell there and it was time to move on, like anything else,' Arena said. 'You stay in one place too long, they eventually want you to move on. 'I have the greatest respect for that organization. There are better times ahead for them. The second half of the season is going to be much improved.' Sarachan agreed. But he'd just as soon the Galaxy hold off on that improvement until the Quakes have left town. 'Yeah,' he said, confessing to harboring no hard feelings. 'I'd like to see them 0-12-4. And we can move on from that.'
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Colorado Rapids take shutout streak into matchup against the Portland Timbers
Colorado Rapids (6-5-4, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Timbers (6-4-5, fifth in the Western Conference) Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Portland -140, Colorado +318, Draw +299; over/under is 3.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rapids head into a matchup against the Portland Timbers after recording two straight shutout wins. The Timbers are 6-3-5 in Western Conference play. Felipe Mora leads the sixth-ranked scoring team in the Western Conference with five. The Timbers have scored 23 goals. The Rapids are 5-4-4 against Western Conference teams. The Rapids are seventh in the Western Conference allowing only 20 goals. The teams match up Wednesday for the second time this season. The Timbers won the last meeting 3-0. TOP PERFORMERS: Mora has five goals and two assists for the Timbers. Santiago Moreno has four goals and one assist over the last 10 games. Djordje Mihailovic has six goals and two assists for the Rapids. Darren Yapi has scored three goals over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Timbers: 4-2-4, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.0 shots on goal and 4.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.4 goals per game. Rapids: 4-4-2, averaging 1.1 goals, 3.6 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game. NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Timbers: Zac Mcgraw (injured), James Pantemis (injured), Miguel Araujo (injured), Jonathan Rodriguez (injured), Diego Chara (injured). Rapids: Ali Fadal (injured), Rafael Navarro (injured), Cole Bassett (injured), Chidozie Awaziem (injured), Zack Steffen (injured). ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Darren Yapi scores goal, Nico Hansen has 3 saves as Rapids beat St. Louis 1-0
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Darren Yapi scored a goal and Nico Hansen had three saves on Saturday night to help the Colorado Rapids beat St. Louis City 1-0. Colorado (6-5-4), which beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 last time out to snap a string of three consecutive losses and a five-game winless streak, has won back-to-back games. Advertisement St. Louis (2-8-5) is winless in 11 consecutive matches dating to a 1-0 win over Seattle on March 15. Yapi opened the scoring in the 41st minute. The 20-year-old homegrown knocked down a cross played in from the right side by Ted Ku-Dipietro, turned and scored from the center of the area. Cedric Teuchert got behind the defense and had a one-on-one opportunity denied by Hansen in the 36th minute. Roman Bürki had five saves for St. Louis. The game was delayed in the seventh minute for about an hour-and-a-half due to inclement weather. ___ AP soccer:
Associated Press
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Darren Yapi scores goal, Nico Hansen has 3 saves as Rapids beat St. Louis 1-0
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Darren Yapi scored a goal and Nico Hansen had three saves on Saturday night to help the Colorado Rapids beat St. Louis City 1-0. Colorado (6-5-4), which beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 last time out to snap a string of three consecutive losses and a five-game winless streak, has won back-to-back games. St. Louis (2-8-5) is winless in 11 consecutive matches dating to a 1-0 win over Seattle on March 15. Yapi opened the scoring in the 41st minute. The 20-year-old homegrown knocked down a cross played in from the right side by Ted Ku-Dipietro, turned and scored from the center of the area. Cedric Teuchert got behind the defense and had a one-on-one opportunity denied by Hansen in the 36th minute. Roman Bürki had five saves for St. Louis. The game was delayed in the seventh minute for about an hour-and-a-half due to inclement weather. ___ AP soccer:
