So after going over more than 350 player number assignments in Rapids history we have the complete list of the best to wear each number.. Here's the full recap of each player who's best at their number, the years they played in it, and links to the writeups.
#1 Joe Cannon 2004-2006
#2 Nick LaBrocca 2013-2015
#3 Drew Moor 2009-2015, 2020
#4 Jeff Larentowicz 2010-2012
#5 Kyle Beckerman 2002-2007
#6 Sam Cronin 2015-2017
#7 John Spencer 2001-2004
#8 Dillon Powers 2013-2017
#9 Conor Casey 2009-2012
#10 Carlos Valderrama 2001-2002
#11 Terry Cooke 2006-2009
#12 Matt Kmosko 1996-1997
#13 Wolde Harris 1998-1999, 2005
#14 Omar Cummings 2007-2012
#15 Chris Carrieri 2001-2003
#16 Jason Moore 2000-2001
#17 Marcelo Balboa 1996-2001
#18 Matt Pickens 2009-2013
#19 Chris Henderson 1996-1998, 2002-2005
#20 Mark Chung 2002-2005
#21 Julian Baudet 2009-2010
#22 Marvell Wynne 2010-2014
#23 Colin Clark 2006-2010
#24 Bouna Coundoul 2006-2007
#25 Pablo Mastroeni 2002-2013
#26 Deshorn Brown 2013-2015
#27 Kosuke Kimura 2007-2012
#28 Sam Nicholson 2018-2020
#29 Scott Palguta 2009-2012
#30 Gabriel Torres 2013
#31 Clint Irwin 2013, 2019
#32 Jack McBean 2018
#33 Matt Okoh 2000
#34 Tyrone Marshall 1998, 2011-2012
#35 Rob Valentino 2009
#36 Shane O'Neill 2012
#37 Edu 2012
#39 Harrison Henao 2012
#44 Axel Sjoberg 2015-2019
#45 Josh Gatt 2015
#50 William Yarbrough 2020
#52 Braian Galvan 2020
#55 Danny Mwanga 2013-2014
#57 Carlos Alvarez 2014-2015
#77 Diego Serna 2005
#90 Mohammed Saeid 2017
#94 Marlon Hairston 2014-2018
#99 Andre Shinyashiki 2019-2020
Not surprisingly eleven of them are from the Cup winning season in 2010, with an equal number from 2009. The big surprise is thirteen from 2012, though when you start looking at the singles & doubles you see that year is getting a lot of help from numbers that had no other choice (Edu, Henao, Marshall, etc.). The weakest year is 1999, with only Balboa and Harris, but that was apparently enough to get us to the USOC final that year.
The big missing name from this list is Paul Bravo, who appears on most of the top 10 lists in the record book. He was just unlucky to play in the same number as probably the third best player in team history, Conor Casey. Other notable names missing are Ross Paule, Adrian Paz, and Dominque Badji, while Tim Howard is the biggest keeper missing, though keepers have it hard because they all wear #1 pretty much, so they have limited chances to make a list like this.
I hope you've enjoyed the trip through Rapids history over the last couple months of lockdown. Its starting to sound like MLS is trying to get their plans for playing in home markets out there in the near future, so there may be some discussion to be had about the current team soon. We'll see how the ongoing MLB debacle affects that though.
Monday, August 3, 2020
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Thanks for doing this, Jason. I've enjoyed seeing a lot of old, familiar (and some not so familiar) names.
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