Brendan Ploen

Brendan Ploen is a freelance sports reporter for The Denver Post, covering the Colorado Rapids, Colorado soccer news, preps and more. He started writing for the publication in December 2020. He previously covered preps, outdoors and college sports for The Durango Herald from 2018-20, and before that, worked in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports department. A Chicago native, he is a Marquette University graduate.

Colorado School of Mines wide receiver Josh Johnston (2) breaks a tackle and dives into the end zone for the second touchdown of the game during the first half as the CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves took on the Colorado School of Mines Orediggers in the first round of the NCAA Division II Football Championship at Alumni Field at Marv Kay Stadium on November 19, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)

For Colorado School of Mines football players the transfer portal has never been tempting: “It’s a really special group of guys”

December 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

As Colorado School of Mines teammates circled around the two, wide receiver Josh Johnston lined up against fellow Pacific Northwest freshman and outside linebacker Mack Minnehan for a drill in...

USMNT Analysis: With Americans agonizingly counting down for full-time whistle, U.S. defends and advances to knockout stage

November 29, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.

Call it what you will, nerve-wracking or sheer nerves during the final 20 minutes of the United States Men's National Team's FIFA World Cup Group B finale against Iran on...

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For Colorado School of Mines football players the transfer portal has never been tempting: “It’s a really special group of guys”

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USMNT Analysis: With Americans agonizingly counting down for full-time whistle, U.S. defends and advances to knockout stage