It couldn’t really have been a worse first season as the head coach of the Colorado Rapids for Anthony Hudson.
Hired to instill a new culture at the club, Hudson, this time last year, was still scrambling to fill out his squad and implement in small behavioural changes that he hoped would result in a greater professionalism at the club. He was still on the basics. He didn’t have the time to drill down into the detail.
The Rapids floundered as a result. One of the very worst teams in MLS for much of the year, eventually ending the season in second-last in the Western Conference, scoring a league-low 36 goals in 34 games, and amassing more points than just two other teams.