January 24, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Colorado Rapids News Release
As the Rapids enter a new season, league veteran Keegan Rosenberry has been appointed the title of team captain for the 2024 campaign by Head Coach Chris Armas. Now in his ninth season in MLS and sixth with the Rapids, Rosenberry’s knowledge of the game, club, and his teammates mixed with his affable nature made him the obvious choice for the role of captain.
Rosenberry factors his upbringing into how he approaches leadership, through acts of service and appreciation for the position. His support system, made of his parents, two sisters, his wife and more also shapes how he views the game and his role on the team through positive and negative points of the season. The gratitude for those people in his life makes him a better leader, as well, knowing that despite on-field results the values he was raised in will carry over and help him lead by example.
“The way I was raised there was more emphasis about principles and values and morals and the way you carry yourself, the way you treat others,” the captain said. “Concepts like servant leadership, love your neighbor as you love yourself, things like that.
“Something I’m super grateful for is having that support back home. After a really difficult season last year and feeling like we’re failing game in and game out, to come home and still feel like I can let that go and be accepted and that soccer isn’t the only reason that I’m validated.”
Rosenberry learned a lot about what leading the Rapids meant from Jack Price, former captain and three-time MVP of the Burgundy Boys, during his tenure at the club, especially in times of struggle.
The team and fanbase felt Price’s absence in the past two years as the midfielder battled many injuries before calling his time in burgundy, leaving the club in October. Rosenberry and Price racked up countless minutes together on the pitch for Colorado in the past five seasons and built a bond both on and off the field. Having someone he considers a friend makes all the difference when looking up to him as a leader as well, said Rosenberry.
“Very thankful for Jack’s time and the way that he went about his business,” he said. “I think he was a guy that that almost everyone at the club felt like they could just strike up a conversation with, whether that was needing his support or his advice, or also just to be a friend.”
“I think that piece is also important. I want to be accessible to everyone, I want…
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