Four Colorado Rapids who should not survive the new regime

– OK, fine. The guy has 'hustle', whatever the hell that means. He even managed to score a pretty cool looking goal against

last season, chipping over the diving keeper as he ran toward goal. The majority of the facts about his play remain out of his favor though. Quincy can't settle a ball to save his life. He doesn't shoot the ball, preferring to try finesse moves like bicycle kicks. He's a hot-head who got a yellow and red card for arguing with the referees last season.

Need I continue? The striker corps are 5 strong right now and there is no need for Quincy to be wasting a roster spot.

After getting traded to Seattle and immediately dropped from them, the Rapids picked him up again right before the season and barely played him in 2011. His few appearances were uninspiring and there were no glimpses of good play like there were in 2010. Bulldog Ben concocted a theory earlier last year that perhaps Earls could have a future in the league as an attacking winger because of his decent service and mediocre ability to shoot, but I can't imagine that he'll stick around anywhere even in that regard as this league continues to grow.

Earls is probably the most likely guy on this list to stick around because he's still so young and there is new management to perhaps build him back into the decent player he was in 2010. I'm not quite as convinced but at the very least there's some hope in the kid.

Scott Palguta – Scott Palguta has a very intriguing backstory, but unfortunately it hasn't been one with a happy ending in the highest levels of US Soccer. Palguta was fantastic in college and fantastic in USL and NASL stints so it wasn't surprising that the Rapids picked him up hoping he would be fantastic in Major League Soccer as well. Unfortunately, he still hasn't taken the transition well even as he's hit what should be the prime years of his career. Palguta has played both center back and left back for the club, and has almost never played those positions well. The problem is, most of the time he's spent with the Rapids he has been the default 2nd best player at LB which has given him way more appearances (48?!) than he has deserved.

Palguta is probably the easiest example to point to when talking about how bad the Rapids depth has been the past couple of years. His defense has always been lackluster and his passing has been even worse. Sure, he's scored two goals for the club but was directly responsible for the opposing team scoring a goal in both of those games. He's the epitome of the 'player who drops the level of play on your team when he hits the pitch'.

That's why signing Hunter Freeman was such a great pick up for Colorado. Scott is now FOURTH on the depth chart at left back. And that should spell his end in Colorado. I'm sure the Minnesota Stars could find plenty of use for his NASL-fabulous skills.