Soccer stars on the same stage

Player movement is not uncommon in Major League Soccer. For instance, the goalkeeper for the Los Angeles Galaxy, John McCarthy, switched teams but not cities. Last year, he played for rival LAFC.

Friday night is Game 2 of the opening round for the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs. Ahead of the critical next game in the best-of-three series, let's take a look at some players who have worn both a Galaxy jersey as well as a Colorado Rapids one.

1. Herculez Gomez

This US born forward started his professional career in MLS with none other than the LA Galaxy. His first year with the team was also the franchise's first championship title.

In five seasons from 2002-2006, Gomez appeared in 53 games and scored 16 times. Before he won his second title with the team in 2005, the LA Galaxy parted ways with the native of Oxnard, California after the next season.

He spent his next two years playing for the Colorado Rapids. In the span of 37 games, Gomez scored another six times.

The first of those six was special it was the first goal scored in the new arena, Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Gomez would retire from MLS following the 2016 season as a member of the Seattle Sounders. He entered the league as a champion and left it in the same manner as his final team won their first MLS Cup ever by defeating Toronto FC.