When Marcelo Sarvas showed up at the Rapids’ first preseason training session of 2016 wearing No. 5 instead of his No. 11 from last season, you got the sense something was up. Then on Feb. 1, the Rapids announced Shkelzen Gashi had been acquired and would wear Sarvas’ old No. 11 shirt and the Brazilian midfielder was on his way to D.C. in a separate move.
“Before the second training, (coach) Pablo (Mastroeni) asked me to come to his office,” Sarvas told The Denver Post this week. “He said that the club wasn’t looking to trade me but D.