COMMERCE CITY — Fans of the Colorado Rapids will hardly recognize their team when it takes the field Sunday for its Major League Soccer season opener at San Jose, but given the team's abysmal record last season they may see that as a good thing.
Thirteen players who were on the opening-day roster in 2015 are gone, including two who were all-stars last season, goalkeeper Clint Irwin and defender Drew Moor. Twelve of those who were on the team at the outset of last season return from a season that ended with the second-worst record in MLS (9-15-10).