FC Dallas is coming to town, and with them comes a lot of history with the Colorado Rapids. This year alone we traded our leading goalscorer, Dominique Badji, for Kellyn Acosta, a player who basically lived and bled pure Dallas. This doesn’t even account for Oscar Pareja leaving the Rapids high and dry to go coach for Dallas in 2014, or Dillon Serna’s season-ending injury in the 2016 U.S. Open Cup match.
Beyond that, their academy is miles ahead of pretty much every other MLS system.