Marco Pappa is officially heading to the Colorado Rapids after a trade was announced on Friday. The Seattle Sounders will receive an undisclosed amount of Allocation Money in return, giving the team some much-needed salary-cap relief. The also got a combination of general and Targeted Allocation Money from D.C. United in exchange for Lamar Neagle.
Replacing Pappa might not be the easiest task. Even after missing five matches after a DUI arrest and the summer transfer window acquisitions of Andreas Ivanschitz and Nelso Haedo Valdez -- two players who ostensibly filled similar roles -- Pappa continued to get regular minutes as both a starter and off the bench.