Thursday, July 30, 2020

Rapids History By The Numbers: Singles & Doubles Part 2

And we finally reach the end of this trip through history.  The last group of eight numbers.  Six singles and two doubles.

#50
Andrew Dykstra (2018)
William Yarbrough (2020)


A pair of backup goalkeepers.  Dykstra never played a league match for the Rapids.  Yarbrough has played the last two.  Makes the decision as to which one was the best Rapid in #50 fairly easy.

#52
Braian Galvan (2020)

Only one appearance so far, but high hopes for him in the future.

#55
Danny Mwanga (2013-2014)

7 starts and 19 appearances over two seasons, recording one assist.  Not exactly great numbers for a forward.

#57
Carlos Alvarez (2014-2015)

Picked up after Chivas USA folded, he made 11 appearances in 2 seasons and I can't remember any of them.

#77
Diego Serna (2005)

Signed in August, subbed in to one regular season game and one playoff game for a grand total of 24 minutes, recording one shot and getting one yellow card.

#90
Mohammed Saeid (2017)
Enzo Martinez (2018)


Two one-season midfielders.  Martinez was a pickup from Charlotte who impressed in preseason.  Saeid was part of the Burch/Cronin/Gatt/Saeid debacle, about the only good piece of that trade.  Enzo made 22 appearances with 15 starts, picking up 3 assists.  Mohammed made 29 appearances after the trade, 27 of them starts, scoring a goal and putting up 4 assists.  He also became a bit of a fan favorite.  He was released at the end of the season to return back to Sweden to be closer to family.  I think he beats out Martinez for best #90.

#94
Marlon Hairston (2014-2018)

Maybe not as good as the fans made him out to be, but a decent player who struggled to find his position.  Best as a wingback in a 5-3-2 but the Rapids didn't play that very often during is time.  Not defensive enough to play fullback, not offensive enough to play right midfielder.

#99
Andre Shinyashiki (2019-2020)

As we all know Andre was last year's rookie of the Year.  Hopefully we see more from him once things get back to normal.

And that's it.  That's every number used by the Rapids officially over 25 seasons.  Sometime this weekend I'll post a recap with links to all the choices and some random trivia.  Next week we'll get back to looking at the current team.

1 comment:

SccrDon said...

Thanks again, Jason, for doing this. Fun to see some old names, including some I have no memory of. Agree with your comments about Hairston. I had higher hopes for him but never saw a lot of growth.