As long as we have suitable, if not better options (Awaziem & Murphy) I am totally fine with a Maxso exit. I may be the only one thinking this….. but I’ve wanted more out of Maxso but he hasn’t be surrounded by much so I always had a hard time deciding if he had actually had more to give. All this to say, he is what he is….a slightly above average CB. Nothing more, Nothing less. If he can go bag a wad of cash in the MIddle East…. Go, take the money and run.
Looks like next season's starting back line will contain a lot of new faces. If Maxsø goes on a transfer it could be that three new players who weren't with the Rapids last February will be starting this February. One could be Cannon, and of course it looks like Awaziem will be another.
Well, we had a great champions league run this year! 1866643982207357400 is not a valid tweet id Talk about a tough ask. If we somehow survive LAFC in a best of 2, we go on to Columbus. Oof
Trading Maxso and blindly rolling the dice on a totally new CB paring for next year would be very on-brand for Padraig. This is the kind of idiocy that makes an existing problem even worse and results in the team lacking good options at a specific position for 2-3 years. As for the CCL (or whatever the hell its called now) draw, it's meh. Our odds are probably okay against any MLS club early in the season, and likely better than against a Liga MX team since they have a batter head start to get to in-season form. The competition was a lot more interesting when it still had a group stage and you could face more unique opponents. Playing the same teams a million times is boring.
Complete disagreement here. This is, based on Bogert's report, a move Maxso wants to make. You don't stand in the way of a player moving on, especially if there's a transfer fee to be had. See also Bombito. The problem is not investing in CB depth last season so we had somebody already integrated with Armas' style and the team that could step into the hole. Instead we're going to have three new starters on the backline compared to the season opener last year.
Is it rolling the dice? That pairing has trained and played together. Albeit, they started maybe 12 matches together which isn’t a lot but enough to say…. They do or don’t work well together. Add in the fact that Awaziew played 20+ matches with Cannon at Boavista and it could be perfect for a 3 CB lineup. Potentially - with that familiarity - they good get up to speed quickly.
No great loss having ROFLsend picked up by San Diego. When I've stated in prior posts that we have a handful of guys on the roster that aren't good enough to play at this level, he is firmly in that category. Agreed, this is really the issue I have. We're having to do a hard reset on our CB pairing and hoping it'll work out. This was preventable. Yes, because Padraig is still running the show.
So much for the claim in the press release last week that LAFC would host the first leg. I thought that was weird at the time since they were the higher seeded team but thought it might have been a concession to the Colorado weather.
Was there money involved in the Navarro transfer? Anything new on our apparent interest in the winger Dominguez from Toluca?
Twellman sharing the 2025 GAM amounts for each club: 1869775005380129097 is not a valid tweet id Rapids with $3.98mil in 2025 GAM is a fair chunk of change! I wonder if this is updated to include the GAM we’ve spent on our new CB’s. Anyways, plenty of GAM to play with this offseason EDIT: Tommy Scoops with the link to the original MLS page explaining how it can be used as well: 1869767607806767423 is not a valid tweet id Numbers are as of 12/10. Rapids made the moves with Cincy and Philly official on 12/9 and 12/10, so I presume these numbers are an accurate reflection of what we have in the coffers
It's official.... Lalas Abubakar has signed a 2-yr year deal (with 1- yr option) with FCD. Definitely replaceable on the pitch but a damn good human that is officially leaving the club. I've had a handful of interactions with him away from the pitch via a mutual friend and he was one of nicest, most humble guys you'll meet. Sad to see him leave on a personal note but... we can all agree it was time.
The schedule just dropped. https://www.coloradorapids.com/news/colorado-rapids-announce-2025-mls-regular-season-schedule Of note: RMC is back to 2 games (finally) No Miami/Messoi No month-long break for the stupid Leagues Cup 7 games in May...dafuque?
Schedule release feels early, but might not. No significant summer gap for tournaments that I could tell. When is leagues cup? We play Atlanta, whom I am excited to watch, mid-August.
Leagues Cup is being played mid-weeks this year. Only one league home game between mid-July and mid-September so we’ll see if we have a Leagues Cup home match in that time.
Obviously they have someone in mind for the draft today: 1870186419559489714 is not a valid tweet id 1870181694923518081 is not a valid tweet id
First pick is a forward from Cornell 1870188179577548900 is not a valid tweet id Looks like he had 19G/5A in 19 games this year