A Trade, A Group Reveal, and A Signing?

A busy 1-2-3 day for the Rapids.  First up they traded the rights to Oliver Semmle, their 2nd round pick from the 2023 Superdraft to Philly for their 2nd round pick in the 2025 draft.  Semmle never signed for Colorado and spent last season starting in net for Lousiville City.  Philly then signed him as a backup after the trade.

After that the Leagues Cup groups were announced and Colorado's has a very green tinge to it.  As the original MLS green team they're in a group with Leon of Liga MX and the Portland Timbers, two teams who primary color is green.  They'll play the Timbers in Portland and Leon at home in a renewal of the Marcelo Balboa derby.  'Celo played for Leon before joining the Rapids in the inaugural season.  The teams also met in the Rapids first ever international game in 1998 back in the old CONCACAF Champions' Cup.  In the home and home series Colorado actually won the leg in Mexico 1-0, but lost the home leg 4-0.  Dates have not yet been announced.

Finally Burgundy WAve, Tom Bogert, and others are reporting that the deal for Lamine Diack is done.  Its expected that the deal will match the earlier rumors, a 6-month loan with an option to buy.  I'm still not overly impressed by the deal but we'll see what gets announced.