The Colorado Rapids open their participation in the Generation adidas Cup 2014 on Tuesday afternoon in Dallas, with the club’s youth team taking on the New York Red Bulls at 4pm CT / 3pm MT. The tournament, which is made up of Academy players born Jan. 1, 1997 or later, will include all MLS clubs as well as three international teams.
The Rapids Academy squad, under coach Mitch Murray, will play in Group A of the International Division, which includes the Seattle Sounders and storied Brazilian club Flamengo, in addition to New York. A complete schedule of the team’s group stage matches is below.
Colorado was among nine MLS sides that qualified for the International Division of the tournament, by virtue of a third-place finish in the qualifying tournaments held late last year and early in 2014. The Rapids earned a record of 2-1-2 (W-L-T), beating RSL and Houston, tying Chicago and Kansas City, and losing to FC Dallas. Those events took place last October here at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and in February at Casa Grande, Arizona.
A full preview of the tournament can be found here, which mentions Rapids Academy defender Quentin Pearson, also a member of the United States U-18 National Team, as one of the 'Players to Watch'. The Rapids’ roster for the tournament is also below.
Stay tuned to www.ColoradoRapids.com, as well as the Rapids on Twitter and Facebook, for updates on the team’s efforts in Dallas.
Group A (International Division)
Tuesday, April 15
Rapids vs. New York Red Bulls
4pm CT / 2pm MT
Wednesday, April 16
Rapids vs. Flamengo
Time TBD (Rescheduled from 4/14)
Thursday, April 17
Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders
4pm CT / 2pm MT
Colorado Rapids Roster
# NAME
36 Nathan Braaten
37 Miles Chow
38 Kyle Ericson
31 Connor Gavigan
39 JT Grover
41 Elias Helbig
34 William Hertzl
52 Luke Marchesani
42 Blake Moncur
32 Elijah Mwenebitu
33 Quentin Pearson
43 Samuel Raben
44 Ernesto Rangel
48 Chris Reichman
46 Anthony Rosales
47 Antonio Rosales
30 Tucker Schneider
45 Greer Solarte
73 Sam Vines
