Player News!

For the first time in what feels like years we have actual player news about the Rapids.  Today the club signed defensive midfielder Collen Warner to a one year deal.  I have to admit I'm embarrassingly at a bit of a loss on this one.  Warner got his start with the Rapids U-23s in 2007, played over 200 times in MLS in the last decade for FSL, Montreal, Toronto, Houston, and Minnesota, and is a Denver native, and yet I know nothing about him and couldn't even place his name when I saw the announcement.  I have no idea how he remained below my radar all these years, but here he is.

He spent last year playing for a second division side in Denmark.  He was with Toronto while Fraser was coaching there, so they have a history together.  He's brought in as a backup to Price mainly, which is an area that's a bit thin in the team.  We have a number of players who can play central mid, but really only Price and Wilson, plus our rookie Kelly, play a real defensive mid position.  He will be with the team in Orlando.

There was also news today on Braian Galvan, who is reportedly in Colorado now and currently under government mandated quarantine for travelers.  He won't be able to train with the team before they leave for Orlando on Sunday, but he is expected to travel to Orlando and be part of the training sessions in Orlando, making him available for the tournament.  There's been mixed reporting on if he'll be able to travel with the team or if his quarantine will force him to travel later.

That now puts us at 31 players under contract, but of course with a number of them on loan we don't have to worry about the roster limit of 30.