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2022 Season Review: Gustavo Vallecilla

This is part of a series of individual player reviews by Joseph Samelson. You can follow him on Twitter @jspsam and read his work elsewhere at josephsamelson.com.

Role: Central Defender

Squad Status: Rotation

Season in a Sentence: The Rapids’ costly Trusty replacement struggled to earn first team starts and didn’t impress during his limited minutes.

Grade: D-

With Auston Trusty’s mid-season departure to Europe on the horizon and the defender’s presumptive replacement slated to miss the entire season to injury, the Colorado Rapids acted swiftly to acquire reinforcements in 2022.