Commerce City, CO – Burgundy Wave can confirm multiple reports that the Colorado Rapids have signed Georgi Minoungou. The Burkina Faso winger joins the Rapids on the back of being with the Seattle Sounders and Tacoma Defiance since 2022. The fee is reported to be around $2 million GAM. Minoungou is under contract until 2029. Colorado is using the Cole Bassett money on the 23-year-old. 

Sources confirm @ELROLONW’s scoop: The Colorado Rapids are acquiring winger Georgi Minoungou from the Seattle Sounders.Deal will be worth around $2m GAM I’m told.Minoungou, 23, one of the league’s best 1v1 dribblers.

Minoungou is under contract thru 2029 (including options). pic.twitter.com/ZirdX10d4d

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) March 26, 2026

Minoungou joins a recent flurry of Rapids acquisitions, with Loic Williams and Kosi Thompson also making their way to Colorado during this late window. Williams will be a summer addition, while Thompson will most likely fill in a needed spot with Reggie Cannon out injured. Minoungou comes with a sizable price tag, so how will the young winger shake up this Rapids side?

First, Georgi Minoungou has an exceptional story to go alongside his play. The winger had a freak eye injury...