It may be a full two months until we see a full 11-man side of Rapids players take the field. But one member of the Colorado Rapids, Micheal Azira, will be on the field in January, playing in the African Cup of Nations for his native country of Uganda.
Azira had been invited earlier to the Cranes training camp and played two matches back in November, where he clearly impressed coach Milutin Sredojeviu0107, earning a call back to play this past Tuesday against Tunisia.
In that match held in Tunis, Azira earned his first-ever start for his national team, but the Ugandans lost, 2-0.