COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Rapids have introduced in Chris Armas as their new everlasting coach after Robin Fraser was let go in September.
Armas has been an assistant coach within the Premier League the previous couple of seasons, first with Manchester United (2021-22) after which with Leeds United (2023). He brings almost 20 years of Main League Soccer expertise as a participant and coach to Colorado.
The 51-year-old Armas takes over a Rapids group that completed final within the Western Convention. Chris Little served because the interim coach after Fraser was dismissed.
Armas was a six-time MLS All-Star as a former defensive midfielder with the LA Galaxy and Chicago Fireplace FC. The New York Metropolis native additionally earned 66 caps taking part in for the U.S. males’s nationwide group.
The 51-year-old Armas spent 4 years as the pinnacle coach of Adelphi College’s girls’s soccer group earlier than becoming a member of the New York Crimson Bulls as an assistant. He was later named the Crimson Bulls’ head coach.
“I’m as hungry as ever to ship this success to our followers and our membership,” Armas stated in an announcement. “I’ve all the time been desperate to implement my fashion of play at a membership that performs and trains at altitude. This benefit, together with excessive vitality, attacking and entertaining soccer, might help our group and followers return to house discipline dominance.”
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