Colorado Rapids on Monday announced they are picking up contract options of three players while parting ways with eight others ahead of the 2018 season.
Colorado picked up the contract options of defender Eric Miller, defender/midfielder Jared Watts and midfielder Sam Hamilton.
The Rapids declined to pick up options on six players: goalkeeper John Berner, defenders Dennis Castillo and Mekeil Williams, midfielders Joshua Gatt and Mohammed Saeid and forward Alan Gordon.
Saeid and Gatt were acquired in a blockbuster trade that sent captain Sam Cronin and defender Marc Burch to Minnesota in March.