20-21 Off season catch all

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  1. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
    That night I saw the lineup I leaned over to my wife and said "I guess the club still has PTSD from Anthony Hudson days...."

    I don't think I'll ever wrap my head around that one. I mean, unless Beitashour was injured that night, it doesn't make any sense to line the team up like that....however, Beitashour was on the bench sooooo....:confused:
     
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  2. TheWarmBurger

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    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
    New jersey numbers:



    Notable Changes:

    • Nicolas Benezet now wears #10
    • Kellyn Acosta now wears #23
    Other Changes:
    • Yarbrough swapped to #22
    • Sebastian Anderson to #27
    • Abraham Rodriguez to #28

    New players:
    • Michael Barrios wears #12
    • Philip Mayaka wears #14
     
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  3. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
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  4. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Trusty's Olympic Team chances just went up, Atlanta is keeping their 3 players from camp (Miles Robinson was a head of him in Depth for sure).
     
  5. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
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  6. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I never realized he was injured most of last year.
     
  7. therapidsnumbernine

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Jul 16, 2019
    Nebraska
  8. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
    Oliver Larraz (age 19):



    and

    Darren Yapi (age 16):



    Both signed to Homegrown deals.

    Larraz (5-10, 140lb) is listed as a forward on the website, but in the article they list describe him as a midfielder

    Darren Yapi (6-1, 175) also becomes the youngest signing ever for the Rapids at 16 years 104 days

    Larraz is listed as #30, and Yapi as #77. Welcome to the club guys!
     
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  9. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
  10. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
    Yapi gets a 5 yeas deal.
     
  11. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oliver Larraz! Holy Moly...... we haven't had this much redness since Jeff Larentowicz. If he can carve out 450+ games as a professional like JL..... he'll be the best redhead in MLS history :)
     
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  12. therapidsnumbernine

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Jul 16, 2019
    Nebraska
  13. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
  14. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't we set at least a club record for youngest avg team age, looks like it's going down more even with retaining Moor and Wilson.
     
  15. fischerw

    fischerw Member+

    Sep 15, 2004
    Joplin, MO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Rapids going HARD in the Rapkids direction.
     
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  16. SccrDon

    SccrDon Member+

    Dec 4, 2001
    Colorado Springs
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Man, MLS has weird names for things.

    How does one acquire a "homegrown player"?
     
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  17. Quinn 33

    Quinn 33 Member+

    Apr 25, 2003
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #417 Quinn 33, Mar 4, 2021
    Last edited: Mar 4, 2021
    Might be because simply keeping him, as opposed to finding another option, was perceived as less risky. I think its fairly obvious the club's MO this offseason is to just make fairly "safe" moves and not rock the boat much. That rationale is also about the only way I can even fathom how they thought Danny Wilson was worthy of a new contract. That's not to say the club would turn down a possible opportunity if one popped up (which may be what Castillo is).

    That instance, along with the Orlando tournament, and getting BTFO 4-1 at home by Salt Lake are why I'm still pretty skeptical of Fraser's coaching abilities. He still has a lot to prove.
     
  18. Rod1916

    Rod1916 Member+

    Jun 17, 2012
    Colorado
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    "pretty skeptical" implies you don't think he is good. Which surprises me, sees like the team is generally playing better and achieving more than we have under other coaches. I would be more on the "above average and shows promise" side of things. Frankly, I don't slap my forehead nearly as much as with past coaches.....
     
  19. Quinn 33

    Quinn 33 Member+

    Apr 25, 2003
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I honestly can't say he's proven it. He's only been head coach for what... 29 competitive fixtures IIRC? Thats not even a full regular season under normal circumstances. The body of work isn't there yet and in spite of getting some legitimately good results, he's also had some real stinkers as well.

    I think hes proven that he is better than than several of the past coaches, and certainly miles better than Hudson, but thats an extremely low bar to clear.
     
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  20. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
    While you are correct in stating that Hudson is an extremely low bar to clear, Fraser has pretty much cleared every other coaching bar in our history.

    Interestingly enough, Fraser and Gary Smith are the only two Rapids coaches with more wins than losses. Sure it's a small sample so far, but if you want to win more games than you lose, Fraser's done a really great job.

    With that in mind, it's a slow day at the office today, so I ran some numbers. @JasonMa has already done a great job of PPG over in the coach tracking thread, etc....so I took all of the rapids' coach history, looked at their records of W-D-L, and calculated the average percentage of whether that coach got us a positive result (win or draw).


    In terms of positive results (what percentage of games we won or drew), our coach history looks like as follows.
    1. Gary Smith (94 games) - 71%
    2. Robin Fraser (25 games) - 68%
    3. Conor Casey (Interim for 18 games) - 61%
    4. Tim Hankinson (114 games) - 61%
    5. Pablo Mastroeni (123 games) - 59%
    6. Glenn (Mooch) Myernick (128 games) - 59%
    7. Fernando Clavijo (124 games) - 57%
    8. Oscar Pareja (68 games) - 56%
    9. Bob Houghton (31 games) - 48%
    10. Steve Cooke (interim for 12 games) - 42%
    11. Anthony Hudson (43 games) - 40%
    12. Roy Wegerle (interim for 1 game) - 0%

    If you look at just wins alone (so, what percentage of games coached were a win), then the history looks like:
    1. Fraser - 52%
    2. Myernick - 41%
    3. Casey - 39%
    4. Pareja - 37%
    5. Smith - 36%
    6. Clavijo - 36%
    7. Hankinson - 34%
    8. Mastroeni - 31%
    9. Houghton - 29%
    10. Cooke - 25%
    11. Hudson - 19%
    12. Wegerle - 0%
    So, statistically, even though it's a smaller sample size, Fraser has done extraordinarily well considering all other coaches in Rapids history.

    Fraser is currently:
    • 1st all time overall PPG (credit to Jason in Coach Tracking Thread)
    • 1st in percentage of games with a win
    • 2nd for best season PPG (credit to Jason in Coach Tracking Thread)
    • 2nd in percentage of games with a positive result

    All of this, and everything else that has ever been said about Fraser on these boards....I am firmly in the excited for what he'll do next with the team. Sure there's headscratchers here and there. But every, single, coach, ever....has had head scratchers now and again.
     
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  21. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
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  22. COMtnGuy

    COMtnGuy Member+

    Apr 5, 2012
    Higher than you
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  23. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sounds more like not losing Vines to a free transfer to a European team. Long-term guarantees we will receive a transfer fee. Smart move by all parties. :)
     
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  24. unkiemark

    unkiemark Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Boulder
    A few more things from Stejskal and Rueter from a piece in The Athletic:

    MLS schedule won’t be out for two or more weeks. Lots of things to contend with including differing COVID restrictions international breaks, etc. Also, no mention yet of the number of teams that will qualify for the playoffs.

    Rapids have qualified for the Leagues Cup and it’s expected to be played at some point this season.
     
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  25. TheWarmBurger

    TheWarmBurger Member+

    Colorado Rapids
    United States
    Aug 7, 2018
    Arizona
    And confirmed by the club this morning:



    Vines signed through the 2025 season!
    Should we start calling him Mr. Consistency?
     

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