After Clint Irwin was traded from the Colorado Rapids to Toronto FC in January, the goalkeeper needed more than the length of a tweet to say goodbye to the Denver-based club and its supporters.
“Rapids fans, sometimes 140 characters isnt (sic) enough to express my true gratitude,” Irwin tweeted at the time, directing the Rapids organization and its largest support group to a longer farewell note he penned.
Putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, has always been the best way for the 27-year-old to communicate his thoughts, Irwin said this week as he prepared to face his former club for the first time Saturday night at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.