A year ago this week, Dillon Serna’s budding career as a Rapids midfielder hit a jolting detour when he suffered a right knee injury playing at FC Dallas in a U.S. Open Cup match. As the Rapids prepare to play FCD there again Tuesday in another Open Cup match, Serna can’t help but reflect on the journey from there to here and back.
In his first start since the injury, Serna scored against Los Angeles last Wednesday with a left-footed missile that gave his comeback an exclamation point for its sheer power. He also started at Atlanta last Saturday.