COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Monday, August 16, 2010) – The Colorado Rapids announced today that the club has signed Rapids Academy midfielder Davy Armstrong as the team’s first-ever homegrown player.

Armstrong, an Aurora, Colorado native, entered the Rapids youth system in 2007 playing for the Rapids’ U-17 and U-18 squads and was identified by the club as a homegrown player – an initiative established by Major League Soccer to allow clubs to develop their own youth players without exposing them to the MLS SuperDraft.

The 2008 Colorado State Player of the Year concluded his prep career at Rangeview High School as the school’s all-time scoring leader and assist leader. Armstrong was just as successful in the classroom, where he was a four-year academic honor roll student. He also led his club team; Rapids adidas Alliance partner the Colorado Fusion, to the 2006 Colorado state championship.

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