Rapids 2 Adds Possible World Cup Defender

Today the Rapids 2 confirmed the rumored signing of Costa Rican international CB/DM Daniel Chcon to a multi-year deal.  Chacon was in the 18 for Costa Ricca's last 6 World Cup qualifiers, came in as a sub in 3 of them, and started and played the full 90 in the last match against the USA.  He was not part of the team that beat New Zealand yesterday to claim the last spot in the World Cup.

This is an interesting and surprising move for somebody who's fighting for a spot in Qatar.  He reportedly also had an offer from Costa Rican-giant Saprissa but chose to go with Rapids 2.  A team that, lets be honest, isn't very good.  I'm not sure how getting time in what amounts to a glorifies reserve league serves him better if he wants to go to the World Cup than playing in the Costa Rican top flight.  To be clear, he can't play for the Rapids first-team under a Rapids 2 contract.  He would have to be loaned or signed by the Rapids.

To me there's only a couple of ways this makes sense:

• He's already been told he's not going to Qatar regardless of what happens in the next 5 months and figures this is his best chance to get into MLS.
• He's already been told he's going to Qatar regardless of what happens in the next 5 months and isn't worried about losing his pot while he tries to impress and get a first-team contract with the Rapids.
• The Rapids have told him they'll loan him to the first-team before the end of the window but want to get the deal done before the window opens and he gets other options, and they need to wait to clear a roster/international spot in the window before they loan him in.

Regardless, I like this pickup for Rapids 2.  Even if he's not in Costa Rica's World Cup plans a young CONCACAF international is the type of player we should be evaluating.