Wolde Harris (1997)
Kevin Anderson (1999)
Joe Cannon (2003)
Antonio de la Torre (2004)
Martin Morales (2005)
Colin Clark (2006-2010)
Sanna Nyassi (2011)
Jaime Castrillon (2012-2013)
Joe Nasco (2014)
Bobby Burling (2015-2017)
Kip Colvey (2018)
Kei Kamara (2019-2020)
So only four players that played for more than a season in number 23. I can't see any of the single season players matching up to them, so lets look at those four.
- Clark - 84 appearances, 70 starts, 10 goals, 10 assists, was traded to Houston for Brian Mullan in 2010, Received his only Nats cap in 2009
- Castrillon - 41 appearances, 31 starts, 9 goals, 4 assists
- Burling - 50 appearances, 46 starts, 3 goals
- Kamara - 31 appearances, 31 starts, 15 goals, 1 assist, retired from international duty with Sierra Leone in 2019
That doesn't make it much easier. I think we can eliminate Castrillon but beyond that there are arguments to be made for the other three. Obviously you're comparing a forward, midfielder, and a defender so goals/assists aren't a great comparison point.
I was keeping Burling on the list because of the tight defense that was played in his period at the club, particularly in 2016, but Burling only played in 16 of 34 games in 2016, so that's less impressive now. The one season he played in the majority of games the team was 6th in goals allowed, and in his other season we were in the bottom half. I'm going to eliminate him.
At the end of his Rapids career, depending on how this season goes, Kamara might be the obvious choice. Right now though, one season plus two games, even as good as he's been, isn't enough to overcome Clark's work. Not only was he a regular starter most of the time he was healthy (blew out his ACL in both 2009 and 2010) he was the Rapids original "homegrown" signing, coming up from the Boulder Rapids Reserve before homegrown signings were a thing in this league. Of course, we lost Clark last year at the far to young age of 35. Rest in Peace Colin.
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