At 5pm MST, Commissioner Don Garber officially announced that Minnesota United, currently in the second tier North American Soccer League, will be joining MLS for the 2017 season, along with Atlanta United.
It has a few impacts upon us Rapids fans.
1. There’s a new team to beat up on, at least for next year.
Expansion teams are notoriously not-good. Orlando City SC were 12-8-14 (WTL) in their first year, which is actually pretty good. NYCFC were a less good 10-7-17. Toronto FC were a very bad 6-7-17. Real Salt Lake were a putrid 5-5-22 their first year.