An odd Saturday press release from the team as they announced the signing of Ghanaian-born midfielder Ali Fadal from Spanish-side Valencia. This rumor leaked late in the week but it was hard to evaluate because Fadal has had an up and down career so far. He was signed by Valencia in 2023 and made his first appearance for them that year, but that's the only appearance he had with the first team. He suffered an injury that set him back and he's been playing with their B team in the 4th division most recently. Fadal was considered one of the best youth prospects in Ghana so this is a classic Padraig Smith prospect signing.
He's signed to a two year deal with two years of club options after that. Braidon Nourse from the Denver Post is reporting we're trading an international slot to the Crew for GAM and their first round draft pick next year (which would give us 4 first round picks). Combined with this signing that would leave the Rapids with no open international slots, so any further additions would have to be domestic. At this point though I expect we're largely done for the off/preseason.
The other bit of news today is that FootyHeadlines.com dropped a leak of our new away shirt:
This is obviously not a press release quality image, in fact is probably a FIFA video game image (that's where these things seem to leak). I expect the actual shirt to be mint green with darker green spots. Even saying that though this is underwhelming. I fear its going to look like a light green shirt a painter was wearing while working. And I've long been of the opinion that you don't mess with the badge unless you have a standard secondary badge or you absolutely nail it (Blackburn currently falls into both these categories). The Rapids don't have a standard secondary badge they use and this badge is not great IMO. Plus that Adidas logo looks huge for some reason.
The good news is that MLS kits are grossly overpriced and I see no reason to spend money on this one.
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