As the official education partner of the Colorado Rapids, the UCCS Soccer Management Program gives students the opportunity to go behind-the-scenes with the Rapids organization. Connor Pabich and Sam Statton sat down with Rapids Sporting Director & Interim General Manager Pádraig Smith at the end of his his third season with the club to discuss the full process of building a roster.
How early do you meet with your technical staff before the transfer window to start to develop a strategy on what you want to achieve?
It’s a good question, but there is no one singular meeting that gets us thinking about an upcoming transfer window.