Paxten Aaronson started both of Colorado's matches in the window and scored in each. On September 10 he played 90 minutes away at Austin in a 1-1, took four shots with two on target, had a key pass, two touches in the box, six progressive carries, three tackles and four duels won. On September 13 he played 90 at home in a 1-0 over CF Montreal, scored again, took two shots with both on target, had another key pass, two more touches in the box, three tackles and four duels won.
That is 180 minutes, two goals, two key passes, six shots with four on target, six tackles and eight duels won. On the production rule the pool uses, it is the best week anybody in the pool had, ahead of Brian White's two goals in 178 minutes for Vancouver and Quinn Sullivan's goal and assist in 86 minutes for Philadelphia.
The season line behind it is a full one. Twenty-three starts in 25 appearances across the Colorado Rapids' 25 league matches, 2,056 minutes, 91.4 percent of the club's available league minutes. Six goals and six assists, 42 key passes, four big chances created, 49 shots with 19 on target, 38 tackles, 19 interceptions, 35 duels won of 77, 82.7 percent passing and one yellow card. He leads the pool in assists and shares the lead in big chances created with Sebastian Berhalter.
None of that reaches the squad sheet. He has been in no squad in the last twelve months and his last one was on July 2, 2025, which puts him in the outside looking in tier and scores his standing at zero. His score of 47.2 is 13.0 for the league, 18.3 for playing time, 4.0 for season production, 10.0 for the week and 2 for the WARM form tag at 1.41 times his season rate. The week production part is the highest in the pool, and with no standing points at all it still only lifts him to twenty-sixth.
Picked by rule: the highest last-seven-days production score in the pool among players with at least 45 minutes in the window.
