The Colorado Rapids are back, but the team’s 4-0 blowout loss to the Seattle Sounders on MLS’s opening weekend proved that the club still needs to exercise some of their 2022 demons.
Despite adding a healthy collection of new faces to the side, the Rapids didn’t look much different than last year in their humbling defeat to the Rave Green. Between Jack Price’s absence from the match, multiple befuddling defensive mishaps, and yet another late gut-punch conceded right before half, Sunday’s road loss felt as if Colorado never fully woke up from the 2022 nightmare.