31 Facts About Colorado Rapids

1.

Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area.

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The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer as a member of the Western Conference.

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3.

Colorado Rapids won the MLS Cup in 2010, their second MLS Cup appearance.

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Colorado Rapids were one of the ten founding clubs of Major League Soccer, owned and operated by the Anschutz Corporation.

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The Colorado Rapids pulled off two upsets and advanced to the 1997 MLS Cup final.

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The club advanced to the MLS Cup Playoffs Semifinals, and although they did not advance to the MLS Cup, the Colorado Rapids did clean up at the MLS postseason awards ceremonies.

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Colorado Rapids finished the season third in MLS with 33 points, was a finalist for Honda MVP and was named to the MLS Pepsi Best XI.

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Colorado Rapids set a new MLS record for the lowest home Goals Against Average over an entire season with at 0.

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Under Smith's direction, the Colorado Rapids surged into the playoff race, with two key away wins, but fall short of the playoffs in the last game of the season, against Real Salt Lake.

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10.

The Colorado Rapids signed new four-year contracts with midfielders Colin Clark and Nick LaBrocca and defenders Jordan Harvey and Kosuke Kimura.

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11.

The Colorado Rapids acquired former QPR and Chicago Fire goalkeeper Matt Pickens to replace Senegalese goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul.

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Colorado Rapids sent Mehdi Ballouchy to New York Red Bulls in exchange for Macoumba Kandji and acquired Brian Mullan from Houston Dynamo in exchange for Colin Clark.

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13.

The Colorado Rapids made the headlines when Irish International and former Hull City striker Caleb Folan signed with the club.

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14.

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 MLS Cup Playoffs, after previously qualifying last year.

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15.

The 2017 campaign saw the departure of Jermaine Jones, and several weeks into the season, the Colorado Rapids made more changes to their roster by trading Sam Cronin and Marc Burch to new expansion side Minnesota United.

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16.

The Colorado Rapids parted ways with Hudson after going winless in the first nine games of the season.

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17.

Colorado Rapids made several moves ahead of 2020, trading for Auston Trusty and permanently acquiring Lalas Abubakar.

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18.

The Colorado Rapids started 2020 with two wins before MLS paused its season in early March due to COVID-19.

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19.

Colorado Rapids was placed in Group D of the MLS is Back Tournament with Real Salt Lake, Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC.

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20.

Colorado Rapids' image has evolved a great deal since their inception.

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21.

Original look of the Colorado Rapids sported a predominantly white kit with green trim, when the club's uniform supplier was Puma.

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22.

Colorado Rapids underwent an image change prior to the 2003 season.

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23.

The Colorado Rapids have a brand new third uniform, consisting of a white shirt, white socks and burgundy shorts.

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24.

Colorado Rapids were the last existing MLS club to earn a paid sponsorship deal on the front of their jerseys.

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25.

In October 2014, the Colorado Rapids sued Ciao for missed payments and quietly disassociated from the company.

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26.

The Colorado Rapids then extended their agreement with Transamerica in March 2016 to go through the 2019 season.

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27.

The Colorado Rapids have one of the highest discrepancies between their home record and away record in MLS.

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28.

Colorado Rapids had strong fan attendance in 2002 when they led the league in average fans per game.

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29.

In 2012, it was revealed that the Colorado 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.

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30.

Colorado Rapids even reported on a World Cup qualifier in North Korea, and later worked for Arsenal TV.

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31.

Colorado Rapids is joined by US legend Marcelo Balboa as color analyst.

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