You Get A New Title! And You Get A New Title! And You Get A New Title!

Over the last week there's been a slew of promotions and new titles being announced in Commerce City:

Padraig Smith - Club President

Wayne Brant - Chief Business Officer

Fran Taylor - Sporting Director

Chris Zitterbart - Chief Scout

Matt Pfeffer - Director of Analytics

Andrew Kewley - Futures Program Director

Andrew Bulter - Academy Talent ID Manager

Kyle Porter - Strength & Conditioning Coach

Boyd Kirk - Team Operations Manager

In addition there have been ten additional staff members added (or in Roeling's case, rejoining the club)

Ruth Fahy - VP of Club Administraion & Finance

Gabbie Pelloni - Director of Team Administration & Operations

James Roeling - Director of Soccer Development

Gabriel Pinto - Director Of Emerging Talent & Youth Recruitment

Nicole Johnson - SafeSport Manager

Liam Creedom - Data & Systems Architect

Eddie Wilding - Academy Staff Coach

Brandyn Bumpas - Academy GK Coach

Andre Hilf - Club Language Specialist & Team Operations Coordinator

and last but hardly least:

Drew Moor - Elite Player Development Coach

I think the latter group are the more significant additions.  From what I understand the promotions are largely brining people's positions at titles in-line with the responsibilities they've had for a while, but adding 10 new staff members is notable for one of the smaller front offices in the league.

The one move that may look more significant than it really is would be naming Fran Taylor as Sporting Director under Padraig Smith, who until now has largely held that role along with his Managing Director role.  I think that's a good thing, as wearing too many hats would stretch Smith too thin, but don't expect this to be a fundamental change in how the club builds its roster.  Tayler has been working with Smith for a few years now, its not like he's going to come into his new title and start dismantling the focus the team has had in recent seasons.  However having a second person involved in the process will allow for people not to be spread so thing which will hopefully help.

Along with these moves on the soccer side of the club the Rapids announced 8 promotions and 9 new roles on the business side as well.  Many of these are in media and content creation, using the new resources and outlets that the Apple deal has given MLS.