Conor Casey named interim manager of Colorado Rapids

Conor Casey will join the ranks of former Philadelphia Union players to become head coaches, for the time being at least, after being named the interim head coach of the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday.

Casey rejoined the Rapids, where he won the 2010 MLS Cup, as assistant in January 2017. Anthony Hudson, the eighth Rapids head coach in franchise history, was fired after going 8-26-9 in MLS play since taking over the job in November 2017.

The New Hampshire native came to the Union via the MLS Re-Entry Draft in 2012 and had a successful three-season stint with 21 goals and 8 assists in 70 appearances. He ended his career with the Columbus Crew in the 2016 and was inexplicably sent off for a terrible straight red in his last appearance in Chester as a substitute.

Casey is the fourth former Union player to become a head coach, joining Chicago Fire head coach Veljko Paunović, Portmore United FC manager Shavar Thomas and Racing Club manager Eduardo Coudet.

Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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