Finding an open seat in this particular section of Dick’s Sporting Goods Park was hard for anyone who did not show up at least 20 minutes early.



Practically everyone in attendance — including those forced to stand — either had a cellphone or an actual camera in hand waiting for the big moment. Then it came. Kellyn Acosta was on display, while wearing a white Adidas polo with three sky blue stripes on each shoulder with the Rapids’ logo over his heart.



The wildest part of all? This spectacle wasn’t even for an actual game. Every part of this entire production was for Acosta’s introductory news conference.



“For a club like ours that’s making a switch … bringing in a Kellyn Acosta, I think it’s a statement,” Rapids executive vice president and general manager Pádraig Smith told The Athletic. “It’s a statement of intent and it tells everybody what they need to know about...