Interims no more: Rapids promote Padraig Smith and Wayne Brant

It’s official. The Colorado Rapids have taken the ‘interim’ tags off of the top two club officials, naming Pádraig Smith Executive Vice President and General Manager, and naming Wayne Brant Senior Vice President of Business Operations.

Pádraig (pronounced ‘Porrick’) joined the Rapids at the end of 2014 as the club’s Sporting Director. He came with background of working in Europe for FIFA in finance and statistical analysis, and brought to the Rapids a fresh vision of how the club could use statistical and data to identify key players and smarter, more efficient ways to build a team tailored to the wants and needs of the technical staff.

To read more about the analytical wizardry that Smith…