Rapids By The Numbers: #16

We come to first number where there is no real stand out, and very few good players..  Most of them haven't even been decent.

Brian Bates (1996-1997)
Darren Sawatzky (1999)
Jason Moore (2000-2001)
Jeff Stewart (2002-2003)
Eric Denton (2005)
Chris Wingert (2006-2007)
Daniel Osorno (2007)
Herculez Gomez (2008)
Gregory Richardson (2009)
Ross LaBaeux (2010-2011)
Atiba Harris (2013)
John Neeskens (2014)
James Riley (2015)
Alan Gordon (2017)
Will Vint (2020)

That is certainly a list of players who had MLS contracts.  Its not much more than that though.  Its no surprise that the only honor, either league-wide or in team history, this group has is LaBaeux being a part of the Cup winning team in 2010.  If Herculez hadn't changed numbers between his two years here he might be the best option, but his year in #10 was better than his year in #16 (though in #16 he scored the first goal ever at the Dick).  Alan Gordon had some highlights but he was really a super-sub in his one year.

That leads me to Jason Moore, who had over 50 appearances, almost all of them starts, for the team, and 9 assists for a pretty low-scoring side both years.  There is no image of him in a Rapids uniform that isn't a Getty Image apparently.  Despite that he is, surprisingly, the best player to wear #16.