professional american soccer club based in Commerce City, Colorado

football club
The Colorado Rapids are an american master soccer golf club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) as a penis of the western Conference. Founded in 1995, the baseball club is a initiation member of MLS, playing their first season in 1996. The Rapids are owned by the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, besides owners of the Denver Nuggets of NBA, Colorado Avalanche of NHL and early sports teams outside of the state of Colorado.

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Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010, their moment MLS Cup appearance. The first appearance was in 1997, losing to D.C. United. They were besides runner-up of the U.S. Open Cup in the 1999 tournament, where they lost to the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the survive time a non-MLS team has won the Cup. The Rapids play their home games at Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, moving to the stadium after it opened during the 2007 season .

history [edit ]

early years [edit ]

The Colorado Rapids were one of the ten establish clubs of Major League Soccer, owned and operated by the Anschutz Corporation. The inaugural address 1996 season was a forgettable one for Colorado. Despite fielding know players like Shaun Bartlett, Chris Henderson, Chris Woods, Roy Wegerle and Marcelo Balboa, and drumhead bus 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 besides the first to record a goal at Mile High Stadium ( in 1996 ). [ 2 ] For the adopt season, Glenn Myernick was hired as a new capitulum coach and Dan Counce joined as a general director. [ 3 ] Myernick and Counce brought new faces to the police squad including Paul Bravo, Wolde Harris, Ross Paule, and keeper Marcus Hahnemann. The team struggled early on, but rallied to grab a post-season blot. The Rapids pulled off two upsets and advanced to the 1997 MLS Cup final. Chris Henderson scored a mid-air volley past Dallas keeper Mark Dodd in the 87th infinitesimal in the western Conference final examination, ensuring Colorado ‘s place in the MLS Cup final. They scored in the Cup thanks to a goal by Adrián Paz but lost the concluding 2–1 to D.C. United. [ 3 ] Colorado continued on a roller coaster of success alternating with major disappointment : Myernick brought in more newfangled players including Anders Limpar and Marcus Hahnemann and the club made it to the 1999 U.S. Open Cup final, only to be upset 2–0 by the Rochester Raging Rhinos. [ 4 ] The 2000 season boasted two of the more memorable moments in Rapids history. The first was Marcelo Balboa ‘s celebrated bicycle kick which garnered the Goal of the Year. [ 5 ] The second base was clinching a playoff spot in the final game of the season against the Los Angeles Galaxy, with Paul Bravo scoring in the 97th minute. [ 6 ]
In 2001 Tim Hankinson took the reins as Colorado ‘s new head coach. [ 7 ] scottish striker John Spencer besides joined the club that class. While Hankinson did bring effective players like Mark Chung, Chris Henderson, Carlos Valderrama, and Joe Cannon to the squad—and made the playoffs every year—Hankinson besides signed a number of expensive and abortive players including Zizi Roberts and Darryl Powell. During his coach stint, the baseball club besides traded away cabaret legend Marcelo Balboa, who would play one crippled for MetroStars before retiring. 2002 was a banner year for the Rapids, and they started off their new year at their new home of Invesco Field at Mile High by acquiring two powerhouses and future stars for the team, Pablo Mastroeni and Kyle Beckerman from the defunct Miami Fusion F.C. Chris Henderson went down in history as the first player ever to score a finish in the brand-new stadium. Mark Chung posted record numbers on the season, and Mastroeni polish for the U.S. Men ‘s National Team in that year ‘s World Cup. The club advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs Semifinals, and although they did not advance to the MLS Cup, the Rapids did clean up at the MLS postseason awards ceremonies. General Manager Dan Counce was named MLS Executive of the Year and 4 other Rapids front position staff were named as the best at their positions in MLS that year. Mark Chung was named to the League Best XI team and besides took home the MLS Fair Play Award. ultimately, the Rapids slate sales staff was named best in the league after the Rapids finished first in MLS average home attendance for the first base time ever with an average home crowd of over 20,000 fans per home plate game. 2003 saw the club change their identity, with a rebranding that brought in the fresh team identity and semblance scheme of black and blue. Mark Chung and forward John Spencer had banner years. Spencer, the Rapids ‘ team captain, set a newfangled team record by scoring in six consecutive games and tied his own team criminal record with 14 goals on the temper. He finished the temper third in MLS with 33 points, was a finalist for Honda MVP and was named to the MLS Pepsi Best XI. Joining him on the Best eleven was Chung, who tied his career-high of a year prior with 11 goals and was second on the team with 28 points. This was Chung ‘s second back-to-back appearance on the MLS Best xi and it marked the first gear time in league history that two Rapids had been thus honored in the same temper. The Rapids set a new MLS record for the lowest home Goals Against Average over an stallion 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 phonograph 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 recognition to the play of goalkeeper Joe Cannon and the suffocate defense. Kroenke Sports Enterprises purchased the club in former 2004 and made several changes before the 2005 season. In the front office, KSE replaced long-time executive GM Dan Counce with Charlie Wright, who appointed Fernando Clavijo as the new head coach. Clavijo and Wright brought in many new additions to the squad including Jeff Cunningham, Terry Cooke, and David “ Dedi ” Ben Dayan. The team saw steady improvement over the course of the 2005 season. The temper ‘s success was highlighted by a dramatic playoff victory over FC Dallas in a penalty gunfight, and their claim of the brand new Rocky Mountain Cup in the tournament ‘s inaugural address year. Colorado ‘s 2006 temper seemed to parallel trends from former years. Clavijo ‘s squad performed inconsistently and merely secured a playoff blemish at the concluding blink of an eye. Lightning managed to strike doubly as they duplicated their 2005 playoff run by again beating FC Dallas in penalties merely to crash out of the western Conference Final by a two-goal deficit. early highlights from the final black and blue season include securing the Rocky Mountain Cup for the second back-to-back year and winning the MLS Reserve Division .
The Rapids ( in pale blue ) in action against Houston Dynamo in 2009 New head administrator Jeff Plush took over the business responsibilities of the club when he was named Managing Director in January 2006. The golf club ‘s colors were changed to burgundy and blue, to “ mesh ” with other clubs owned by Kroenke Sports Enterprise. This accompanied the introduction of a state of the art soccer stadium and fields complex, Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park, and formulating relationships with Arsenal [ 8 ] of the English Premier League and Pachuca of Mexico. The Rapids enjoyed a successful inaugural address class at Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park, hosting numerous international exhibitions and tournaments on the stadium ‘s building complex, and the 2007 MLS All-Star Game ; on the cant though the team ‘s record was 9–13–8. The team started out strong with a 2–1 victory over D.C. United in arctic conditions. Herculez Gomez became the first player to score in the Rapids ‘ brand modern stadium. The team had a long winless streak that saw them sink in the standings. Colorado ultimately finished precisely shy of a playoff position. Major abject points in the season included an embarrassing 5–0 loss to the Seattle Sounders in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and a kill 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 back-to-back year. Heading into the 2008 season, Rapids GM Charlie Wright added astuteness to the midfield and defense. major signings included christian Gómez and Jose Burciaga Jr. The 2008 season saw a resurgent Rapids side, which started off the season with a complete thrash of David Beckham and the LA Galaxy by a 4–0 mark on Opening Day to launch the season. however, an inconsistent mid-season stretch where, for 13 games, [ 9 ] the Rapids could not win two games in a row or lose 2 in a row, saw Clavijo leave office from the steer coach position for personal reasons, and saw Gary Smith, an assistant coach who came from the Arsenal F.C. system, take over on an interim footing with 11 games left in the season. Under Smith ‘s guidance, the Rapids surged into the playoff slipstream, with two key away wins, but fall short of the playoffs in the last game of the season, against Real Salt Lake. Salt Lake tied the Rapids 1–1 in the 90th minute of that game to eliminate the Rapids from playoff controversy. [ 9 ] Because of the signs of improvement shown in the death 11 games, Smith was hired as the question coach. [ citation needed ] The 2009 campaign featured head coach Gary Smith in his first broad season. [ 10 ] Smith took over the reins from Fernando Clavijo as interim coach after Clavijo resigned. [ citation needed ] Smith ‘s first date was ex- England international Steve Guppy as his adjunct ; Guppy had spent the former season at USL-1 team Rochester Rhinos as their player assistant passenger car. curtly after, Rapids veteran midfielder Pablo Mastroeni re-signed with the club for four years after mulling likely offers from Europe. [ 10 ] The Rapids besides signed new four-year contracts with midfielders Colin Clark and Nick LaBrocca and defenders Jordan Harvey and Kosuke Kimura. [ 11 ] The Colorado Rapids acquired former QPR and Chicago Fire goalkeeper Matt Pickens to replace senegalese goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul. The early major roll move included the arrival of Ivan Guerrero from D.C. United in exchange for midfielder Christian Gomez and accompaniment goalkeeper Mike Graczyk. [ 12 ] The media criticized the Rapids for not making more roll changes for the 2009 season. however, the core of the team remained entire. [ 13 ]

2010 : MLS Cup Champions [edit ]

The 2010 crusade featured many roll moves : Danny Earls, Jeff Larentowicz, Claudio Lopez, Quincy Amarikwa, Ian Joyce, and Wells Thompson join the baseball club. The offseason besides included a raw contract for ace advancing Conor Casey. The Colorado Rapids besides excited many of the ultras assistant groups by the creation and construction of a supporters terrace within Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park. [ 14 ] During the summer transfer window, the Colorado Rapids signed academy youth actor Davy Armstrong, and brought in defender Anthony Wallace from FC Dallas. Colorado besides sent Mehdi Ballouchy to New York Red Bulls in substitution for Macoumba Kandji and acquired Brian Mullan from Houston Dynamo in central for Colin Clark. Following these changes, Colorado qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs and defeated the Columbus Crew in the first base circle. On November 13, Colorado hosted the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Eastern Conference Championship and won by a score of 1–0, leading to the team ‘s foremost trip to the MLS Cup since 1997. Colorado faced off against FC Dallas in the finals. During the final, the Rapids trailed 1–0 at halftime. Conor Casey equalized in the moment half to send the crippled to extra time. Macoumba Kandji helped set up the game-winner that went off FC Dallas defender George John. Colorado won the 2010 MLS Cup 2–1, Colorado ‘s beginning MLS Cup championship and first major trophy in the club ‘s history .
The 2011 campaign led to no roll changes. however, Sanna Nyassi and Tyrone Marshall were signed from Seattle Sounders FC. Joseph Nane and Josh Janniere were additions from Toronto FC. local product Steven Emory was signed after an open trial during preseason. The Rapids made the headlines when Irish International and former Hull City striker Caleb Folan signed with the club. The primary deviation was defender julian Baudet. Since Colorado won the 2010 MLS Cup, they mechanically qualified for the group stages of the 2011–2012 CONCACAF Champions League. On September 9, Colorado signed versatile defender Miguel Comminges. The Guadeloupe International can play at either Left or Right back. On September 13, Comminges made his debut for Colorado as a substitute in a 4–1 home plate loss to Club Santos Laguna in the CONCACAF Champions League. The 2012 season began with respective changes to the cabaret. Oscar Pareja was appointed heading coach following the departure of Gary Smith. The team traded Sanna Nyassi to the Montreal Impact, and Macoumba Kandji to Houston Dynamo. Acquiring Hunter Freeman, Jaime Castrillón, Luis Zapata, and young Kamani Hill and the lend of young endowment Martín Rivero the Rapids looked to begin on a positive note. After defeating the Columbus Crew 2–0 on opening day, things seemed bright. however, as the season ticked by, things started to turn for the worst. Looking for a reversal, Hárrison Henao was loaned and brazilian Edu was signed. In July, Kosuke Kimura was traded to the Portland Timbers. shortly after, defender Tyson Wahl was brought in via trade wind from the Montreal Impact. After a poor season, the Rapids looked for a late-season reversion when they signed Hendry Thomas from Wigan Athletic. The Rapids were eliminated from playoff contention in recently September ending hopes for another MLS cup. The 2013 season for the Rapids saw massive changes made to the team. all-time ahead goal scorer Conor Casey was released and Omar Cummings would be traded during the offseason, the Forward duet combining for 89 goals in the Rapids ‘ careers. With the majority of the 2010 MLS Champions team gone ( merely 5 players remaining on the team ), the team looked well different. Coach Oscar Pareja wanting a police squad of younger, more athletic players. Colorado finished the 2013 season campaign with a 14–11–9 ( W-L-T ) record which placed them fifth in the westerly Conference, eighth in the overall standings. They were eliminated in the hard attack in the playoffs. During the off-season, Oscar Pareja revealed his desire to return to FC Dallas to be the head coach there after taking the opportunity to do sol. finally, Colorado found his successor which would be none other than Colorado veteran Pablo Mastroeni who had previously retired as a player .
Under Mastroeni ‘s beginning 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 MLS Cup Playoffs, after previously qualifying last year. [ 15 ] Despite an upper-mid table operation to start the season, the golf club was plagued heavily by injuries, causing the team to go winless in their final fourteen matches of the season. In the U.S. Open Cup, the Rapids were eliminated from the tournament to the Atlanta Silverbacks. additionally, they were ineffective to defend their Rocky Mountain Cup title, losing to rivals, Real Salt Lake. [ 16 ] During the off-season following the 2015 season, where Colorado finished last in the western Conference, The Rapids had made major changes in their note up, which includes acquiring players : Shkelzen Gashi, Marco Pappa, Jermaine Jones and Tim Howard, who all joined by the summer transfer window. The cabaret went on to having a successful 2016 campaign with a 15-game unbeaten mottle and a trip to the westerly league championship in which they lost to Seattle Sounders 3–1 aggregate. [ 17 ] The 2017 campaign saw the passing of Jermaine Jones, [ 18 ] and several weeks into the season, the Rapids made more changes to their roll by trading Sam Cronin and Marc Burch to new expansion side Minnesota United. [ 19 ] The team struggled, and head bus Pablo Mastroeni was fired by the goal of the season [ 20 ] as the Rapids finished the 2017 season with 9 wins, 19 losses and 6 draws, good for 10th in the westerly Conference. [ 21 ] For the 2018 season, the Rapids hired former New Zealand coach Anthony Hudson. [ 22 ] The Rapids made many additions, including wingback Edgar Castillo and midfielder Jack Price while switching to Hudson ‘s prefer 3-5-2 formation. [ 23 ] The season began with the Rapids being eliminated from the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League by Toronto FC, a tournament they had qualified for on the persuasiveness of the 2016 political campaign. [ 24 ] The middle of the 2018 saw another major barter with 2017 ‘s run goalscorer Dominique Badji being traded to FC Dallas for Kellyn Acosta. [ 25 ] Despite the changes in the 2018 season, it ended with another tenth place Western Conference finish, with the Rapids accruing 8 wins, 19 losses and 7 draws. [ 26 ] For the 2019, the Rapids turned their attention to MLS veterans for additions to the roll adding Benny Feilhaber, Kei Kamara, Diego Rubio and Keegan Rosenberry. [ 27 ] The team besides added youngsters Jonathan Lewis, Matt Hundley, Sam Raben and Andre Shinyashiki to the team. In the preseason, the Rapids parted ways with Sheklzen Gashi. [ 28 ] Despite the changes to the team and score in every crippled but one, the Rapids began the 2019 season winless in their beginning 11 games. [ 29 ] The Rapids parted ways with Hudson after going winless in the foremost nine games of the season. The club named Conor Casey as interim fountainhead coach on May 1. [ 30 ] Casey led the Rapids to a record of 7 wins, 7 losses and 4 draws. On Aug. 25, the Rapids named Robin Fraser the cabaret ‘s ninth permanent lead bus. [ 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 Auston Trusty [ 32 ] and permanently acquiring Lalas Abubakar. [ 33 ] The club besides brought in Drew Moor, [ 34 ] a 2010 MLS Cup champion with Colorado, american samoa well as goalkeeper William Yarbrough, [ 35 ] midfielder Nicolas Benezet [ 36 ] and Designated Player Younes Namli. [ 37 ] The Rapids started 2020 with two wins before MLS paused its season in early March due to COVID-19. [ 38 ] Colorado was placed in Group D of the MLS is Back Tournament with Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC. The MLS regular temper restarted in August with Colorado taking three points from four games. On Sept. 12, the Rapids defeated Real Salt Lake, 5-0, marking Colorado ‘s first ever win at Rio Tinto Stadium and beginning a run of three wins in four, including three shutouts. After respective players and team staff tested convinced for COVID-19, the Rapids paused their season, finally cancelling five matches. [ 39 ] After a full month between games, the Rapids returned to action with losses at Sporting KC and Minnesota. MLS changed the MLS Cup Playoffs qualifying format to points-per-game on Oct. 31. [ 40 ] The Rapids then defeated defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders FC, 3–1, before clinching a playoff moor with a 1–0 succeed at Portland Timbers on Nov. 4. [ 41 ] Colorado closed the regular season with a 2–1 acquire at Houston Dynamo on Nov. 8. Colorado visited Minnesota in the first base attack of the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, falling 3–0. The temper featured break-out performances by Rapids Homegrown defender Sam Vines and Homegrown midfielder Cole Bassett. Vines played every moment of every regular season match, while Bassett led the team with five goals and five assists. Both were named to MLS 22 Under 22 for a moment back-to-back year. [ 42 ]

Colors and badge [edit ]

The Rapids ‘ image has evolved a bang-up deal since their origin. The team has undergone two complete re-brandings. primitively using green as the primary uniform color, the team changed to bootleg 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 deoxyribonucleic acid and discolor schema 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.

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Colorado has had three logos in their history. They in the first place first used the “ river ” logo as their chief peak with the “ circular ” logo as a secondary coil matchless. In 2002, the two logos would switch, with the “ circular ” one becoming the primary coil. For the 2007 re-branding, the Rapids created the new shield-style logo, which is the matchless that is presently used today. Its independent features consist of a batch representing the Rocky mountains in the region adenine well as the count 96, referring to the franchise ‘s Inaugural season. The master expect of the Rapids sported a predominantly white kit with park trim, when the club ‘s uniform supplier was Puma. other child colors such as gold and gloomy were occasionally incorporated, with the club ‘s association with Reebok. finally, black became more heavy used and finally overtook white as the more prevailing coloring material that accompanied the green, when the cabaret switched to Kappa .
[43] The yellow away kit was worn by the Rapids from 2015 to 2018 The Rapids undergo an picture exchange anterior to the 2003 season. Following the club ‘s throw to Atletica, the consistent colors switched to black and blue erect stripes, exchangeable to the uniforms worn by italian Serie A golf club Inter Milan. The blue and black upright stripes remained about unchanged when MLS adopted Adidas as their league-wide kit patronize. The uniform undergo one last change for the 2007 season. The Rapids nowadays sport burgundy ( Pantone 202 ) and sky blue ( Pantone 278 ) as their primary colors. [ 44 ] The Colorado Rapids besides have a brand fresh third base uniform, consisting of a white shirt, white socks and burgundy shorts. The Rapids ‘ home jersey for 2013 featured the lapp bourgogne primary color and featured the names of all season ticket holders imprinted in the framework. The Rapids besides had a special aside jersey for the 2013 temper, featuring the colors of the Colorado state flag. [ 45 ] The club ‘s use of burgundy led to Scottish pop isthmus Little Eye, fronted by the brother of Rapids musician Jamie Smith, writing a sung about the team called “ Burgundy Sky ”, which is now used as the Rapids official hymn. [ 46 ] The Colorado Rapids were the last existing MLS club to earn a pay sponsorship share 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 miss payments [ 48 ] and restfully disassociated from the company. The club late reached an agreement with Transamerica as a shirt presenter for two seasons starting in 2015. The Rapids then extended their agreement with Transamerica in March 2016 to go through the 2019 season. [ citation needed ]

stadium [edit ]

The Rapids play their home games at Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City ( approximately 8 miles north of downtown Denver ). The stadium capacity is 19,680 and cost $ 131 million to construct. It is besides referred to as a soccer-specific stadium, since it was constructed for the Colorado Rapids. The soccer stadium opened on April 7, 2007. The stadium building complex includes youth soccer fields and assorted retail establishments, and is owned and operated by Kroenke Sports Enterprises ( KSE ) which besides owns the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Crush and Colorado Mammoth sports franchises, and is a co-owner of English Premier League club Arsenal. prior to moving to DSG Park in 2007, Colorado Rapids shared Mile High Stadium and then Invesco Field at Mile High with the Denver Broncos American football franchise. The Rapids have one of the highest discrepancies between their home record and away record in MLS. From their origin in 1996 through the 2014 season, the Rapids read at home was 146–73–6, winning about 65 % of their matches at home. however, the Rapids were merely 70–164–4 on the road during that same time span, winning only 29 % of their games on the road. [ 49 ]

club culture [edit ]

Rocky Mountain Cup [edit ]

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 contest between the two sides to foster and memorialize this budding competition. Each season, the Rocky Mountain Cup is determined by the winner of the neck and neck fixtures within league play. [ 50 ]

Supporters [edit ]

Omar Cummings greeting the fans at the Supporters Terrace The Rapids had solid winnow attendance in 2002 when they led the league in average fans per game. [ 51 ] For 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League ( CCL ) games, the Supporters Terrace was formally 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 stagecoach 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 presence office mistakenly emailed a spreadsheet that contained a list of every season slate holder in the season ticket base. The front office admitted to the mistake in a follow-up e-mail to the season ticket holders. [ 52 ] 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. [ 53 ]

Broadcasting [edit ]

Rapids matches appear on several channels including Altitude Television, which is owned by Kroenke Sports Entertainment as are the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets. Major League Soccer determined in 2007 that every game must be televised, either through a regional ( or local ) television receiver station, or a home distribution channel. All games are broadcast on television by Altitude, the official television partner of the Rapids, or else via nationally available channels, including ESPN /ESPN2, Fox Sports 1 / Fox Sports 2, and Univision / Unimas / Univision Deportes Network, or the MLS Direct Kick box. anterior to 2013, the play-by-play duties were covered by a kind of voices, notably Todd Romero and Marc Stout, before the Rapids brought in former BBC sports broadcaster, Richard Fleming. Fleming spend 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 former worked for Arsenal television. He is joined by U.S. legend Marcelo Balboa as color analyst. Fleming and Balboa co-host a 30-minute preview read before each game, calling the home matches from Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park, and the road games from Altitude ‘s studios. Connor Cape and others besides do play-by-play for Altitude Radio .

Players and staff [edit ]

roll [edit ]

As of December 3, 2021[54]

No.

Pos.

Player

Nation

team management [edit ]

Front office

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

Robin Fraser

Assistant coach

Neil Emblen

Assistant coach

Wolde Harris

Assistant coach

Chris Little

Assistant coach / Goalkeeper coach

Chris Sharpe

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 update : August 25, 2019
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Head bus history [edit ]

as of November 7, 2021

General director and sporting director history [edit ]

Name

Nat

Tenure

Dan Counce
 
1997–2005

Pádraig Smith

 
2014–present

veranda of honor [edit ]

The Rapids Gallery of Honor was established in 2003 to honor the clubhouse ‘s all-time top players. The Gallery of Honor is commemorated with signage on the independent stand on the west end of Dick ‘s Sporting Goods Park with the players ‘ names and uniform numbers. The two inaugural address 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. [ 55 ]

Honors [edit ]

Source: [ 56 ] MLS Cup
Supporters’ Shield
U.S. Open Cup
Reserve and friendly

team records [edit ]

Year-by-year results [edit ]

This is a partial derivative list of the last five seasons completed by the Rapids. For the full season-by-season history, see list of Colorado Rapids seasons .
^ 1. Avg. Attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top Goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and early competitive continental matches .

By adversary [edit ]

As of November 7, 2021
  1. Dissolved after 2001 season.
  2. Dissolved after 2014 season.

International tournaments [edit ]

musician records [edit ]

Goals [edit ]

As of November 7, 2021[58]

Bold denotes players still playing for the club .

Affiliations [edit ]

References [edit ]