Rapids News During The Break

Two pieces of Rapids news dropped yesterday, but Comcast had an outage in Arvada all-night so I couldn't post them.

First, as expected, Connor Ronan has been transferred to Aberdeen FC.  Reports are it was a free transfer, which hurts a little bit.  At the same time it was clear he wasn't a top choice for Wells and he was likely going to have his 2027 option declined at the end of the season.  Its not worth holding out for $250K or less if the player wants to go.  Presumably Ronan would prefer to be in Aberdeen camp as soon as the World Cup ends to fight for a starting spot over sitting on the bench in Colorado most of the time this fall and joining them in the winter.

Second the Rapids announced a friendly against FC Juarez on July 9th at the Duck.  Tickets are on sale.  They well also play a closed-door scrimmage with Minnesota on July 15th.  Obviously as the teams return from the long break they need some warm-up games to get ready for the restart of the season.  Now that we're going to be on the same schedule with Liga MX these might become more frequent.

Back with more kit rankings this weekend (probably).

Colorado Signs Connor Ronan

Today the Rapids announced the rumored signing of Irish midfielder Connor Ronan from Wolverhamptom Wolves of the EPL.  Terms of the deal were not announced but reports back in the U.K. state that Colorado paid a fee of 500K pounds, a little over $600K.  Ronan signed a 4 year deal with a team option for a 5th year so he could be with us through 2027, when he'll be 29 years old.

I covered most of the details on Ronan just 48 hours ago, so there's not much more to say here.  The length of his contract is notable, for a team that has largely left itself outs on international deals by making them short-term or loans to start, they've now given 5 year deals to their biggest offseason signings the last two years (Max and Ronan).  This either suggests confidence in their scouting has improved, or they're finding it harder to get players to sign without the assurance of moving to the U.S. being a long-term move.

Next up, Andreas Maxsø?