February 11, 2008
Brazilian Midfielder
If you haven't read Soccer America's overview of the Rapids there's some interesting information in there. One previously unknown piece is that Colorado was in a bidding war with Toronto to acquire Christian Gomez's rights. This would explain why the rumors of DC getting our Designated Player slot could be true.
But also inserted in there is that Colorado is working on obtaining a Brazilian Midfielder to play along Pablo Mastroeni. While we can confirm this is true, we didn't know that Coach Clavijo is not planning on using Christian Gomez as a traditional #10.
Opening day of 2008 is going to be very interesting, and we'll probably soon find out what's in the works as Clavijo's line ups become more apparent in pre-season games. Is playing another player out of position like Niko, Herculez, and Kirovski going to be the way of 2008 for Christian? Or will this Brazilian, Pablo, and Gomez form a triangle with a lone striker and two wingers (Cooke & Clark)?
Posted by mark at February 11, 2008 11:12 AM