Return of Axel Sjoberg to Rapids’ back line is welcome news for unit that has lacked stability

COMMERCE CITY — Following hamstring surgery that sidelined him for eight games, Axel Sjoberg has returned to the Rapids’ back line with hope of bolstering a defense that has fallen short of its record-setting ways of last season.
The towering center back from Sweden via Marquette University, voted 2016 MLS defender of the year, was injured March 11 in stoppage time at the end of the second game of the season. He returned last Saturday in a 2-1 loss at Philadelphia.
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