COMMERCE CITY — Admit it. We're all a sucker for an underdog story.
That's why Leicester City's improbable run to the English Premier League title — surpassing behemoth Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea — captivated the soccer world. They were, after all, a 5,000-1 longshot to win the league championship after narrowly avoiding relegation a year before.
There is no relegation in Major League Soccer — good thing for the Rapids, who finished last in the Western Conference in 2015. With a Supporters' Shield-leading 7-2-3 record this year, the Rapids are a dozen games into an unlikely underdog story of their own.