Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids

Full name	Colorado Rapids
Founded	1996
Stadium	Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado (capacity: 19,680)
Owner	Stan Kroenke
Head Coach	Vacant
League	Major League Soccer
2010	Western Conference: 5th Overall: 7th Playoffs: Champions
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors
Current season

The Colorado Rapids are an American soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer. They are one of the founding clubs of the MLS. The hometown of Rapids is Denver, Colorado. The club was formed in 1996.

Players and staff

Current roster

As of September 9th, 2011.

No. Position Player 2 DF Danny Earls 3 DF Drew Moor 4 MF Jeff Larentowicz 5 MF Joseph Nane 6 DF Anthony Wallace 7 MF Josh Janniere 8 DF Eddie Ababio 9 FW Conor Casey 10 MF Macoumba Kandji 11 MF Brian Mullan 12 FW Quincy Amarikwa 13 MF Steven Emory 14 FW Omar Cummings 15 MF Wells Thompson 16 MF Ross LaBauex

No. Position Player 17 GK Ian Joyce 18 GK Matt Pickens 19 FW Andre Akpan 20 MF Jamie Smith 21 FW Caleb Folan 22 DF Marvell Wynne 25 DF Pablo Mastroeni (captain) 27 DF Kosuke Kimura 28 MF Davy Armstrong 29 DF Scott Palguta 31 GK Steward Ceus 32 DF Miguel Comminges 34 DF Tyrone Marshall — DF Hunter Freeman

Reserve Team Players

This list shows players who have played for the team in official 2011 MLS Reserve Division games, but are not part of the senior roster.

No. Position Player MF Oscar Montez MF James Rogers MF Dillon Serna

No. Position Player FW Phil Bannister FW Ricardo Perez

Stadium

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Colorado's home stadium since 2007

• Mile High Stadium; Denver, Colorado (1996–2001)
• Invesco Field at Mile High; Denver, Colorado (2002–2006)
• North Area Athletic Complex; Arvada, Colorado (2003) 1 game in US Open Cup
• Dick's Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, Colorado (2007–present)

The Rapids play their home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado (ca. 8 miles north of the center of Denver). The stadium capacity is 19,680 and cost $131 million to construct. It is a stadium for football only. The soccer stadium opened on April 7, 2007. Before moving to DSG Park in 2007, Colorado Rapids shared Mile High Stadium and then Invesco Field at Mile High with the Denver Broncos an American football team.

Honors

• MLS Cup
  • Winners (1): 2010
  • Runners-up (1): 1997

• MLS Eastern Conference
  • Winners (Playoff) (1): 2010

• MLS Western Conference
  • Winners (Playoff) (1): 1997

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1999

• Minor Trophies
  • MLS Reserve Division (2) 2006, 2007
  • Rocky Mountain Cup (2) 2005, 2006

Record

Year-by-year

Year	Regular Season	Playoffs	US Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions' League
1996	5th, West	Did not qualify	Semi-Finals	Did not qualify
1997	4th, West	Final	Round of 16	Did not qualify
1998	3rd, West	Quarter-Finals	Did not enter	Qualifying Round
1999	4th, West	Quarter-Finals	Final	Did not qualify
2000	3rd, West	Quarter-Finals	Round of 32	Did not qualify
2001	4th, West	Did not qualify	Round of 32	Not held
2002	4th, West	Semi-Finals	Quarter-Finals	Did not qualify
2003	3rd, West	Quarter-Finals	Quarter-Finals	Did not qualify
2004	3rd, West	Quarter-Finals	Round of 16	Did not qualify
2005	3rd, West	Semi-Finals	Round of 16	Did not qualify
2006	4th, West	Semi-Finals	Quarter-Finals	Did not qualify
2007	4th, West	Did not qualify	Quarter-Finals	Did not qualify
2008	4th, West	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	6th, West	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2010	5th, West	Champions	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	5th, West	TBD	Did not qualify	Group stage

Statistics

Year	League Record							Top Scorer
	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	Name	G
1996	32	11	21	NA	44	59	29	Jean Harbor	11
1997	32	14	18	NA	50	59	38	Paul Bravo	8
1998	32	16	16	NA	62	69	44	Wolde Harris	13
1999	32	20	12	NA	38	39	48	Jorge Dely Valdes	10
2000	32	13	15	4	43	59	43	Junior Agogo	10
2001	26	5	13	8	36	47	23	John Spencer	14
2002	28	13	11	4	43	48	43	Chris Carrieri	11
2003	30	11	12	7	40	45	40	John Spencer	14
2004	30	10	9	11	29	32	41	Jean Philippe Peguero	7
2005	32	13	13	6	40	37	45	Jeff Cunningham	12
2006	32	11	13	8	36	49	41	Kyle Beckerman Nicolas Hernandez	7
2007	30	9	13	8	29	34	35	Jovan Kirovski	6
2008	30	11	14	5	44	45	38	Conor Casey	11
2009	30	10	10	10	42	38	40	Conor Casey	16
2010	30	12	8	10	44	32	46	Omar Cummings	14
2011	34	12	9	13	44	41	49	Jeff Larentowicz	7
Total	492	191	207	94	664	734	643	Conor Casey	48

Weblinks

• http://www.coloradorapids.com Official Homepage