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reprint of COLORADO RAPIDS NEWS RELEASE -- byline Ben Grossman
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DENVER (Wednesday, April 19, 2000) - The Colorado Rapids today called up goalkeeper Preston Burpo from the Seattle Sounders of the A-League. Burpo joins the Rapids to serve as a backup to David Kramer for Saturday's game against the Columbus Crew (5:30 pm MT, Fox Sports Net) and the Rapids next home game against the Kansas City Wizards (April 29, 7:00 pm MT).
The loss of rookie starting goalkeeper Adin Brown to the Olympic Team for the next two regular-season matches (until May 3) leaves the Rapids short of a goalkeeper, necessitating the call up of Burpo.
Burpo, 27, is entering his fourth season as a goalkeeper with Seattle. He was the starter for most of the 1999 season, recording a 13-9 regular season record with a 1.40 goals against average. In 1998, Burpo played in two regular season games, allowing no goals in 64 minutes. He joined the team in 1997. Before joining the Sounders, Burpo spent time with several teams including the Boston Storm (USISL), New Hampshire Phantoms (USISL) and Harbor View (Jamaican First Division).
Position: Goalkeeper Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: November 9, 1972 in Austin, TX Acquired: Free agent from Boston Storm (USL), April, 1997
YEAR TEAM GP GS GAA SO SHTS SVS GA MIN W/L -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 Seattle 1 0 0.00 0 6 3 0 45 0-0 1998 Seattle 2 0 0.00 0 8 4 0 64 1-0 1999 Seattle 22 22 1.40 2 268 104 31 1989 13-9 Three-year totals 25 22 1.40 2 282 111 31 2098 14-9 Playoffs 1997 Seattle DNP 1998 Seattle DNP 1999 Seattle 1 1 1.00 0 11 1 1 90 0-1
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