It wasn’t all that long ago that Kellyn Acosta was the diamond of every U.S. soccer fans’ eye. But in his demise of recent seasons, it feels like another world away.
The now Colorado Rapids midfielder suffered a frustrating period at FC Dallas. He was not enjoying his football there, as he himself revealed after he was traded to Colorado, and his confidence was shot.
In the meantime, on the national stage, Tyler Adams was breaking through at the New York Red Bulls and Weston McKennie was taking the Bundesliga by storm with Schalke. Suddenly, the U.