Rapids Cap-ology for 2018 Part 1: Current Roster & Defense

It may seem that MLS soccer is in a deep slumber at this very moment. The training fields are covered in snow. The stands at Dicks Sporting Good Park are silent each Saturday. MLS teams are still six weeks away from footballing action. But in the General Manager’s office, nothing could be further from the truth. The Rapids front office is most certainly working the phones, fax machines, and emails to clubs across the globe to bring in the players needed to make the 2018 MLS Season a successful campaign.

The Rapids roster is at it’s low point: the team let go of a number of players at the end of the 2017 campaign, but has yet to make significant moves to fill out the roster for 2018. So I…