Colorado Rapids

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.

Stadium
225px|right|thumb|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

Team records
Year-by-year results
SeasonRegular SeasonMLS PlayoffsU.S. Open CupCONCACAFChampions' League19965th, West (11–21)Did not qualifySemifinals Did not qualify19974th, West (14–18) Final3rd Round19983rd, West (16–16)QuarterfinalsDid not enterQualifying Round19994th, West (20–12)Quarterfinals Final Did not qualify20003rd, West (13–15–4)Quarterfinals2nd Round20014th, West (5–13–8)Did not qualify2nd RoundNot held20024th, West (13–11–4)SemifinalsQuarterfinalsDid not qualify20033rd, West (11–12–7)QuarterfinalsQuarterfinals20043rd, West (10–9–11)Quarterfinals4th Round20053rd, West (13–13–6)Semifinals4th Round20064th, West (11–13–8)SemifinalsQuarterfinals20074th, West (9–13–8) Did not qualify2nd Round20084th, West (11–14–5) Did not qualify20096th, West (10–10–10)20105th, West (12–8–10) Champions20115th, West (12–9–13)QuarterfinalsGroup stage20127th, West (11–19–4)Did not qualify4th Round Did not qualify20135th, West (14–11–9)Knock Out Round3rd Round20148th, West (8–18–8)Did not qualify5th Round201510th, West (9–15–10)Did not qualify5th Round2016 2nd, West (15–6–13)Semifinals5th Round201711th, West (9–19–6)Did not qualify5th Round Not held201811th, West (8–19–7)Did not qualify4th Round Group stage

Year-by-year stats
Sources: 

SeasonLeague RecordTop ScorerPoints GP W L D GF GANameGoals19962932112104459Jean Harbor1119973832141805059Paul Bravo819984432161606269Wolde Harris1319994832201203839Jorge Dely Valdés1020004332131544359Junior Agogo102001232651383647John Spencer1420024328131144348C. Carrieri, M. Chung & C. Henderson1120034030111274045John Spencer1420044130109112932Jean Philippe Peguero720054532131364037Jeff Cunningham1220064132111383649Kyle Beckerman & Nicolás Hernández72007353091382934Jovan Kirovski620083830111454445Conor Casey11200940301010104238Conor Casey1620104630128104432Omar Cummings1420114934129134441Jeff Larentowicz720123734111944450Jaime Castrillon820135134141194538Deshorn Brown102014323481884362Deshorn Brown1020153734915103343Kevin Doyle520165834156133932Shkëlzen Gashi92017333491963151Dominique Badji72018313481973663Dominique Badji7Total9227302653141519351,072Conor Casey50

Note: MLS did not allow ties prior to the 2000 season as games were decided by shootout when tied at full-time.

By opponent
+ Regular season record  Team W L DTotal Sporting Kansas City 22  25  13  60 FC Dallas 22  32  14  68 San Jose 19  28  15  62 Tampa Bay 1 5  10  0 15 New York Red Bulls 18  16  7  41Columbus 16  15  10  41 New England 20  15  9  44 D.C. United 12  19  10  41Los Angeles 24  37  10  71 Chicago 14  18  9  41 Miami 1 3  6  0  9 Real Salt Lake 12  16  10  38 Chivas USA 2 14  7  7  28 Houston 9  9  7  24 Toronto FC 6  8  1  15 Seattle 5  13  2  20 Philadelphia 3  2  5  10 Portland 6  8  3  17 Vancouver 9  6  3  14 Montreal 3  1  1  5 New York City FC 0  1  1  2 Orlando City SC 0  2  1  3

 Dissolved after 2001 season.
 Dissolved after 2014 season.

International tournaments
 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Qualifying Play-off v.  Club León – 1:0, 2:4 (León advances 4:3 on aggregate)
 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League:
 Group Stage v.  Isidro Metapán – 3:2
 Group Stage v.  Real España – 1:1
 Group Stage v.  Santos Laguna – 1:4
 Group Stage v.  Real España – 1:2
 Group Stage v.  Isidro Metapán – 1:3
 Group Stage v.  Santos Laguna – 2:0
 2018 CONCACAF Champions League:
 TBD

References

Other websites
 http://www.coloradorapids.com Official Homepage

Category:1990s establishments in Colorado
Category:1996 establishments in the United States
Category:American soccer teams
Category:Major League Soccer teams