On the pitch, the Rapids lost 2017 season grinds on towards its end; an end almost certain to be outside of the playoff picture. But off the pitch, another game entirely is taking place in the executive offices of 6000 Victory Way. There, Interim General Manager Pádraig Smith, Interim Chief Business Officer Wayne Brant, Director of Soccer Claudio Lopez, and Director of Scouting Mitch Murray pour over stacks of resumes and review video of teams from Lisbon to China and Venezuela to Edmonton, looking for the head coach for the 2018 Colorado Rapids.
Reports have begun to trickle out about potential coaches, so it seems like it’s worth my time to sit down and speculate on this whole big pile of resumes; the real, the rumored, and the entirely imaginary.