Striker Dominique Badji has signed a two-year extension with the Colorado Rapids, keeping the team’s leading goal scorer under contract through 2019, the club announced Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Badji earned $65,000 this season in salary, according to figures released by the MLS players union.
“We’re pleased to be able to sign Dom for two more years,” Rapids sporting director and interim general manager Pádraig Smith said in a news release. “Dom has quickly established himself as one of the most promising young players in MLS and we’re confident he will play a big role in our future.”
Badji, a fourth round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, is having a career year with the Rapids. In 30 games (26 starts) this season, Badji has tallied a team-leading nine goals and six assists. The 24-year-old forward has 17 goals and 10 assists in 72 career games with Colorado (52 starts).
The 6-foot, 175-pound striker’s 17 MLS goals are third-most in the league since 2015 among players under the age of 25.
Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Badji was drafted out of Boston University, where he scored 22 goals in 69 games between 2011-2014.
