Colorado have granted Wells Thompson's request for a trade (Getty Images)
Early yesterday MLSSoccer.com reported that Colorado Rapids midfielder Wells Thompson was unhappy with his scant amount of playing time and had requested a trade. As it turns out, the Rapids were able to fulfill his request in rather quick fashion. Late last night they announced they had traded him to the Chicago Fire for a conditional draft pick.
Thompson had been somewhat of a mainstay under former Colorado coach Gary Smith, with whom he won MLS Cup in 2010. He started 24 matches in 2011 under Smith, but his time had diminished to just five starts in 2012 under new head man Oscar Pareja, who has been busy trying to install a new philosophy and system at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, admittedly to mixed results.
Whether Thompson actually gets the playing time he seeks in Chicago is probably debatable at this point. True, the Fire have been somewhat depleted after the transfer of Marco Pappa, but it's hard to see Thompson really cracking their XI anytime in the near future.
Chicago coach Frank Klopas had this to say about his new player:
“We’ve talked to him, we brought him in, he knows the position he’s in. You’ve got to come in with an attitude that you want to
be a guy that starting the next game in the way you train, and when you
get opportunity to play, making an impact and making those decisions
harder for the coaches.”
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