Last-gasp winners. Heart-rending defeats. Carlos Vela doing Carlos Vela things. Yes, MLS is back, with a full round of games played this weekend in addition to some CONCACAF Champions League action preceding it. And I must say, MLS lived up to all of its glorious, messy billing in its 2020 debut weekend.



BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS AT ALL, BECAUSE RAPIDMAN IS (possibly) BACK, BABY.



As first reported by Jake Shapiro, rumor has it that the Colorado Rapids are holding try-outs for RapidMan, the original Colorado Rapids mascot, a muscular embodiment of water that pumped up Colorado crowds for more than a decade before his retirement in 2007.



A small tidbit of historical context, for the uninitiated: upon MLS’ arrival in 1996, owners and other league higher-ups sought several ways to make the league more interesting and familiar to American audiences. This included instituting NASL-style penalties during regular season games, so that there could be no...