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Castillo, a 31-year-old U.S. international who
was born in Las Cruces, N.M., joined the Rapids on a one-year
loan with the option to buy from Liga MX side Monterrey.
"I would not like to go back to Monterrey, because I do not want
to go back to Mexico now," Castillo said in Spanish during an
interview with newspaper Diario AS published Thursday. "I am
very comfortable here, playing, enjoying it, with the confidence
of the coach and having football that maybe I could not play
recently.
"It's nothing to do with Mexico. And I'm still from Monterrey,
but I would not like to go back just because I'm comfortable
here. I wanted to come to raise my level and I have achieved it
with that confidence and support that they give me. Now I enjoy
it here more than there because I'm playing."
An attacking left back, Castillo has started 22 of the Rapids'
24 games this season, collecting three goals (tied for
second-most on the team) and a team-high five assists.
He's coming off perhaps his best game of the season, having
contributed to two second-half equalizers to salvage a 2-2 draw
with the LA Galaxy on Tuesday. Castillo scored in the 74th
minute -- with a rocket to the top right corner -- to make it
1-1 and then assisted on Niki Jackson's goal that made it 2-2
eight minutes later.
Castillo has 18 caps for the U.S. men's national team.
Despite Castillo's productive season, the Rapids (6-12-6, 24
points) sit second-to-last in the Western Conference standings
and 11 points off the playoff line.
--Field Level Media
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