Imagine this:
It's 2013. The Colorado Rapids have just lost at Seattle Sounders 2-0 in the Western Conference Wild Card game and despite the frustrating loss at Century Link, optimism is high. Super high. The Rapids had just finished with the highest point total (51) and most wins in a season (14) that the club has ever had. The Rapids were young, dynamic, exciting and Major League Soccer had taken notice of the Burgundy Boys and what was going on in Commerce City.
But in the last two years, things were bad. So very, very bad.