In 34 games this season, Colorado trotted out Sam Cronin and Micheal Azira 31 times. The other three times it was Cronin and Dillon Powers. It would be hard to argue that the Rapids should upgrade at defensive midfield, seeing as Sam Cronin was quietly one of the top three best defensive midfielders in MLS this season, and Micheal Azira played an effective Watson to Cronin’s Sherlock Holmes. Breaking up this dynamic duo is maybe a bad idea.
2017 Counting Stats:
30 GP, 28 GS, 0 G, 2 A, 2569 min, 8 YC (most carded player on the Rapids)
Key Stat:
CBI pg: 4.