Colorado Rapids
Nickname(s) | Pids Rapids | ||
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Founded | 1996 | ||
Stadium | |||
Capacity | 18,061 (expandable to 19,680)[1] | ||
Owner | Kroenke Sports & Entertainment | ||
Head coach | Chris Armas | ||
League | Major League Soccer | ||
2023 | Western Conference: 14th Overall: 28th Playoffs: Did not qualify | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The Colorado Rapids are an American professional
The Rapids are owned by the
Colorado won the
History
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Early years
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The Colorado Rapids were one of the ten founding clubs of Major League Soccer, owned and operated by the Anschutz Corporation. The inaugural 1996 season was a forgettable one for Colorado. Despite fielding experienced players like Shaun Bartlett, Chris Henderson, Chris Woods, Roy Wegerle and Marcelo Balboa, and head coach Bob Houghton, the team finished last in the Western Conference with the worst record in the league. Balboa became the first player ever to score for the club and also the first to record a goal at Mile High Stadium (in 1996).[2][non-primary source needed]
For the following season,
Colorado continued on a roller coaster of success alternating with major disappointment: Myernick brought in more new players including
The 2000 season boasted two of the more memorable moments in Rapids history.[
In 2001,
The Rapids set a new MLS record for the lowest home Goals Against Average over an entire season with at 0.53 by only allowing eight goals in 15 matches at Invesco Field during the season, and never more than one in a single game. After Kansas City broke the Rapids' MLS record 16-game home undefeated streak on June 9, the Black & Blue reeled off 11 more undefeated home games. On the year Colorado was undefeated when scoring more than one goal, a credit to the play of goalkeeper Joe Cannon and the suffocating defense.[citation needed]
2007–13
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New head executive Jeff Plush took over the business responsibilities of the club when he was named Managing Director in January 2006. The club's colors were changed to burgundy and blue, to align with other clubs owned by Kroenke Sports Enterprises. This accompanied the company's commitment to building the world's largest professional soccer stadium and fields complex, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, which opened to worldwide acclaim in March 2007, and formulating relationships with another KSE soccer club, Arsenal[8] of the English Premier League and Pachuca of Mexico.
The Rapids enjoyed a successful inaugural year at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, hosting numerous international exhibitions and tournaments on the stadium's complex, and successfully bid and won the rights to host and produce the 2007 MLS All-Star Game; on the pitch though the team's record was 9–13–8. The team started out strong with a 2–1 victory over D.C. United in frigid conditions. Herculez Gomez became the first player to score in the Rapids' brand new stadium. The team had a long winless streak that saw them sink in the standings. Colorado ultimately finished just shy of a playoff spot. Major low points in the season included an embarrassing 5–0 loss to the Seattle Sounders in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and a defeat to Real Salt Lake that saw them lose both a playoff berth and the possession of the Rocky Mountain Cup. The club won the MLS Reserve League for the second consecutive year.
Heading into the
The
2010 MLS Cup Champions
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The
The
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The 2013 season for the Rapids saw massive changes made to the team. All-time leading goal scorer Conor Casey was released and
2014–2020
Under Mastroeni's first year as head coach, Colorado finished eighth in the West and seventeenth overall having 8 wins, 18 losses, and 8 ties having the Rapids fail to qualify for the
During the off-season following the 2015 season, where Colorado finished last in the Western Conference, The Rapids had made major changes in their line up, which includes acquiring players:
For the 2018 season, the Rapids hired former New Zealand coach
For the 2019, the Rapids turned their attention to MLS veterans for additions to the roster adding Benny Feilhaber, Kei Kamara, Diego Rubio and Keegan Rosenberry.[27] The team also added youngsters Jonathan Lewis, Matt Hundley, Sam Raben and Andre Shinyashiki to the squad. In the preseason, the Rapids parted ways with Sheklzen Gashi.[28] Despite the changes to the team and scoring in every game but one, the Rapids began the 2019 season winless in their first 11 games.[29] The Rapids parted ways with Hudson after going winless in the first nine games of the season. The club named Conor Casey as interim head coach on May 1.[30] Casey led the Rapids to a record of 7 wins, 7 losses and 4 draws. On August 25, the Rapids named Robin Fraser the club's ninth permanent head coach.[31] Fraser posted a 5–2–0 (W-L-D) record, falling just shy of the postseason.
The Rapids made several moves ahead of 2020, trading for
Colors and badge
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Colorado Rapids first logo (1996–2001)
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Colorado Rapids second logo (2001–2006)
The Rapids' image has evolved a great deal since their inception. The team has undergone two complete re-brandings. Originally using green as the primary uniform color, the team changed to black and blue for the 2003 season.
As Colorado were preparing to move into Dick's Sporting Goods Park for the 2007 season, the club re-invented themselves again to more closely align with the DNA and color scheme of other KSE teams, changing their colors to burgundy and blue, and creating a brand new shield logo to fit in with more traditional global soccer marks.
Colorado has had three logos in their history. They originally first used the "river" logo as their primary crest with the "circular" logo as a secondary one. In 2002, the two logos would switch, with the "circular" one becoming the primary. For the 2007 re-branding, the Rapids created the new shield-style logo, which is the one that is currently used today. Its main features consist of a mountain representing the Rocky mountains in the region as well as the number 96, referring to the franchise's Inaugural season.
The original look of the Rapids sported a predominantly white kit with green trim, when the club's uniform supplier was Puma. Other minor colors such as gold and blue were occasionally incorporated, with the club's association with Reebok. Eventually, black became more heavily used and eventually overtook white as the more dominant color that accompanied the green, when the club switched to Kappa.
The Rapids underwent an image change prior to the 2003 season. Following the club's switch to Atletica, the uniform colors switched to black and blue vertical stripes, similar to the uniforms worn by Italian Serie A club Inter Milan. The blue and black vertical stripes remained almost unchanged when MLS adopted Adidas as their league-wide kit sponsor.
The uniforms underwent one last change for the 2007 season. The Rapids now sport burgundy (
The Rapids' home jersey for 2013 featured the same burgundy primary color and featured the names of all season ticket holders imprinted in the fabric. The Rapids also had a special away jersey for the 2013 season, featuring the colors of the Colorado state flag.[45]
The club's use of burgundy led to Scottish pop band
The Colorado Rapids were the last existing MLS club to earn a paid sponsorship deal on the front of their jerseys. In May 2014, the club announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Ciao Telecom.[47] In October 2014, the Rapids sued Ciao for missed payments[48] and quietly disassociated from the company. The club later reached an agreement with Transamerica as a jersey sponsor in 2015.[49] The Rapids then extended their agreement with Transamerica and they would continue being partners until the end of the 2020 season.[50] In November 2022, the Rapids confirmed a partnership with UCHealth, marking the end of a two-year period without a jersey sponsor. Under this agreement, UCHealth will serve as the team's jersey sponsor until the conclusion of the 2029 Major League Soccer season.[51][52]
Stadium
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Name | Location | Years in use |
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Mile High Stadium | Denver, Colorado
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1996–2001 |
Invesco Field at Mile High
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2002–2006 | |
North Area Athletic Complex | Arvada, Colorado | 2003; 1 game in U.S. Open Cup |
Dick's Sporting Goods Park | Commerce City, Colorado | 2007–present |
The Rapids play their home games at
Prior to moving to DSG Park in 2007, the Colorado Rapids shared
Club culture
Rocky Mountain Cup
In 2005, Real Salt Lake joined Major League Soccer and became the Rapids' closest neighbor. The supporters groups of the two clubs created a regular-season competition between the two sides to foster and memorialize this budding rivalry. Each season, the Rocky Mountain Cup is determined by the winner of the head-to-head fixtures within league play.[54]
Supporters
The Rapids had strong fan attendance in 2002 when they led the league in average fans per game.[55] For 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) games, the Supporters Terrace was officially closed. CONCACAF regulations require "all-seater" stadiums, and the terraces at Dick's Sporting Goods Park are standing-only areas with no stadium seating. CCL group stage fixtures have seen the Pid Army and the Bulldog Supporters Group relocated to either midfield in the East stands (against Isidro Metapán) or directly behind the South goal in sections 117 and 118 (against Santos Laguna and Real España). In 2012, it was revealed that the Rapids had 3,561 season ticket holders after the club's front office mistakenly emailed a spreadsheet that contained a list of every season ticket holder in the season ticket base. The front office admitted to the mistake in a follow-up email to the season ticket holders.[56] On February 9, 2013, the leaders of the club's three supporters groups—Class VI, the Pid Army and the Bulldog Supporters Group—announced that they would combine into one group going forward: Centennial 38.[57]
Broadcasting
Rapids matches appeared on several channels including
Prior to 2013, the play-by-play duties were covered by a variety of voices, notably Todd Romero and Marc Stout, before the Rapids brought in former BBC sports broadcaster, Richard Fleming. Fleming spent 16 years at the BBC, covering the FIFA World Cup, Confederations Cup, the European Championship, the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, and the English Premier League. He even reported on a World Cup qualifier in North Korea, and later worked for Arsenal TV. He was joined by U.S. legend Marcelo Balboa as color analyst during the team's era on Altitude.
Connor Cape and others also do play-by-play for Altitude Radio.
From 2023, every Rapids match is available via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.
Players and staff
Roster
- As of March 12, 2024[58]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Team management
Front office | |
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Owner | Stan Kroenke |
President | Jim Martin |
Executive VP / General Manager | Pádraig Smith |
Assistant GM | Fran Taylor |
Director, Soccer Operations and Compliance | Courtney Intara |
Snr. Director, Soccer Development / USL GM | Brian Crookham |
Senior Director, Scouting and Recruitment | Mitch Murray |
Manager, Scouting | Chris Zitterbart |
Data Analyst | Matt Pfeffer |
Scouting Video Analyst | Brennan Stieneker |
Coaching staff | |
Head coach | Chris Armas |
Assistant coach | Chris Little |
Assistant coach | Neil Emblen |
Assistant coach | Wolde Harris |
Assistant coach / Goalkeeper coach | Chris Sharpe |
Assistant coach | Ian Sarachan[59] |
Team Analyst | Jase Kim |
Colorado Rapids Academy | |
Academy administrator | Boyd Kirk |
Academy head coaches | Marcelo Balboa Erik Bushey Chris Cartlidge Andrew Kewley Antti Ronkanen |
Last updated: August 25, 2019
Source: [2]
Head coach history
As of November 17th, 2023
Name | Nat | Tenure | MLS record | Winning percentage | Games coached |
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Bob Houghton | England | February 1, 1996 – September 10, 1996 | 9–16–6 (2–3 Shootout) | 42.86% | 31 |
Roy Wegerle (interim) | United States | September 13, 1996 – November 19, 1996 | 0–1–0 | N/A | 1 |
Glenn Myernick | United States | November 19, 1996 – December 19, 2000 | 53–53–22 (10–8 Shootout) | 41.41% | 128 |
Tim Hankinson | United States | December 20, 2000 – December 15, 2004 | 39–45–30 | 34.21% | 114 |
Fernando Clavijo | United States | December 22, 2004 – August 20, 2008 | 44–53–27 | 35.48% | 124 |
Gary Smith | England | November 11, 2008 – November 7, 2011 | 34–27–33 | 36.17% | 94 |
Óscar Pareja | Colombia | January 6, 2012 – January 4, 2014 | 25–30–13 | 36.77% | 68 |
Pablo Mastroeni | United States | January 4, 2014 – August 15, 2017 | 38–50–35 | 30.89% | 123 |
Steve Cooke (interim) | England | August 15, 2017 – November 29, 2017 | 3–7–2 | N/A | 12 |
Anthony Hudson
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England | November 29, 2017 – May 1, 2019 | 8–26–9 | 18.61% | 43 |
Conor Casey (interim) | United States | May 1, 2019 – August 25, 2019 | 7–7–4 | N/A | 18 |
Robin Fraser | United States | August 25, 2019 – September 5, 2023 | 46–45–34 | 36.80% | 125 |
Chris Little (interim) | Scotland | September 5, 2023 – November 17, 2023 | 2–3–3 | 25.00% | 8 |
Chris Armas | United States | November 17, 2023 – present | 3–3–2 | 37.50% | 0 |
General manager and sporting director history
Name | Nat | Tenure |
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Dan Counce | United States | 1997–2005 |
Paul Bravo | United States | 2009–2014 |
Pádraig Smith | Ireland | 2014–present |
Gallery of Honor
The Rapids Gallery of Honor was established in 2003 to honor the club's all-time top players. The Gallery of Honor is commemorated with signage on the main stand on the west end of Dick's Sporting Goods Park with the players' names and uniform numbers. The two inaugural entrants were Marcelo Balboa and Paul Bravo, co-entered in the Gallery's formation during halftime of the Rapids' home match on July 4, 2003, at Invesco Field at Mile High.[60]
- #17 Marcelo Balboa (inducted 2003)
- #9 Paul Bravo (inducted 2003)
- #19 Chris Henderson (inducted 2007)
- #7 John Spencer (inducted 2009)
- #25 Pablo Mastroeni (inducted 2014)
- #9 Conor Casey (inducted 2017)
- #3 Drew Moor (inducted 2023)
Honors
Reserve and friendly
- MLS Reserve Division
- Champions (2): 2007
- Champions (2):
- Rocky Mountain Cup
- Winners (5): 2005, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2020
Team records
Year-by-year results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Rapids. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Colorado Rapids seasons.
Season | League | Position | Playoffs | USOC | Continental | Average attendance |
Top goalscorer(s) | |||||||||||
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Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. | Overall | CCL
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LC | Name(s) | Goals | ||||
2018 | 34 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 31 | 0.91 | 11th | 21st | DNQ | R4 | Ro16 | NH | 15,333 | Dominique Badji | 7 |
2019 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 42 | 1.24 | 9th | 16th | DNQ | R4 | DNQ | DNQ | 14,284 | Kei Kamara | 14 |
2020 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 28 | 1.56 | 5th | 10th | R1 | NH | 13,062 | Cole Bassett Jonathan Lewis |
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2021 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 61 | 1.79 | 1st | 2nd | QF | NH | 12,014 | Michael Barrios | 8 | ||
2022 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 57 | –11 | 43 | 1.26 | 10th | 18th | DNQ | Ro32 | Ro16 | 14,473 | Diego Rubio | 16 | |
2023 | 34 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 54 | –28 | 27 | 0.79 | 14th | 28th | DNQ | Ro16 | DNQ | DNQ | 15,409 | Cole Bassett | 6 |
^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
By opponent
Team | W | L | D | Total |
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Atlanta United FC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Austin FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Chicago Fire
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14 | 20 | 10 | 44 |
Chivas USA 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Columbus Crew SC
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20 | 13 | 10 | 43 |
D.C. United | 14 | 21 | 10 | 45 |
FC Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
FC Dallas | 26 | 35 | 18 | 79 |
Houston Dynamo
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14 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
LA Galaxy | 30 | 37 | 12 | 79 |
Los Angeles FC | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Miami Fusion 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Minnesota United FC | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
CF Montréal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
New England Revolution | 20 | 18 | 9 | 47 |
New York City FC | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
New York Red Bulls | 19 | 16 | 7 | 42 |
Orlando City SC | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Philadelphia Union | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
Portland Timbers | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
Real Salt Lake | 15 | 24 | 11 | 50 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 23 | 30 | 18 | 71 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 7 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
Sporting Kansas City | 23 | 29 | 19 | 71 |
Tampa Bay Mutiny 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
Toronto FC | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
- As of September 29, 2021
- Dissolved after 2001 season.
- Dissolved after 2014 season.
International tournaments
Season | Tournament | Round | W | L | D | GF | GA |
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1998 | CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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Qualifying Playoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
2011 | CONCACAF Champions League | Group Stage | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
2018 | CONCACAF Champions League | Round of 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | CONCACAF Champions League | Round of 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Player records
Appearances
As of March 24th, 2024
Rank | Player | Years | MLS | Playoffs | Open Cup | Continental | Total |
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1 | Pablo Mastroeni | 2002–2013 | 225 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 245 |
2 | Drew Moor | 2009–2015 2019–2023 | 210 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 223 |
3 | Chris Henderson | 1996–1999 2001–2006 | 178 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 197 |
4 | Marcelo Balboa | 1996–2002 | 151 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 168 |
5 | Omar Cummings | 2007–2013 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 159 |
6 | Keegan Rosenberry | 2018–Present | 146 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 156 |
7 | Kyle Beckerman | 2002–2007 | 145 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
8 | Marvell Wynne | 2010–2014 | 140 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 153 |
9 | Paul Bravo | 1996–2002 | 135 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 151 |
10 | Danny Wilson | 2018–2023 | 136 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 147 |
Goals
- As of March 24th, 2024[63]
# | Name | Years | MLS | Playoffs | Open Cup | Continental | Total |
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1 | Conor Casey | 2007–2012 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 53 |
2 | Paul Bravo | 1997–2001 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 46 |
3 | John Spencer | 2001–2004 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 |
4 | Omar Cummings | 2007–2012 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
5 | Diego Rubio | 2019–2023 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
6 | Chris Henderson | 1996–1998 2002–2005 |
31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 37 |
7 | Dominique Badji | 2015–2018 2021 |
28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
8 | Wolde Harris | 1997–1999 2005 |
27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
9 | Mark Chung | 2002–2005 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
10 | Jonathan Lewis | 2019–Present | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
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