Colorado executive VP and GM Pádraig Smith inherited a mess.
In his first full season leading the Rapids' technical staff, he didn’t make much visible progress cleaning it up.
Colorado were mostly miserable in 2018, finishing the season with the third-worst record, second-worst goal differential and fewest goals scored in all of MLS. Significant international signings Stefan Aigner, Yannick Boli and Joe Mason didn't pan out, and first-year head coach Anthony Hudson oversaw separate losing streaks of seven and eight games.
On the surface, it was hard to find positives.