Colorado Rapids
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Template:MLS team The Colorado Rapids are Denver, Colorado's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise founded in 1996. The team colors are blue and black; the home jerseys are blue and black vertical stripes. They played their home games at Mile High Stadium from 1996-2000 and moved into INVESCO Field in 2001. They plan to move to a new soccer-specific stadium in the town of Commerce City at least in 2007.
The Rapids made two finals in their history: the 1997 MLS Cup and in the 1999 US Open Cup, losing both times.
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Honors
Minor Titles
- Conference Champions 1 (1997)
Current roster
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Notable players
- Marcelo Balboa (1996-2001)
- Paul Bravo (1997-2001)
- Joe Cannon (2003-)
- Mark Chung (2002-2005)
- Marcus Hahnemann (1997-1999)
- Chris Henderson (1996-1998, 2002-2005)
- Anders Limpar (1999-2000)
- Pablo Mastroeni (2002-)
- John Spencer (2001-2004)
- Carlos Valderrama (2001-2002)
Head coaches
- Bobby Houghton (1996)
- Roy Wegerle (1996, interim)
- Glenn Myernick (1997-2000)
- Tim Hankinson (2001-2004)
- Fernando Clavijo (2005-)
MLS Cup
- 1996
- 1997 Final loss to DC United (2-1)
- 1998
- 1999
- 2000 Quarterfinal loss to Kansas City Wizards
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003 Quarterfinal loss to Kansas City Wizards
- 2004 Quarterfinal loss to Los Angeles Galaxy (1-0, 0-2)
US Open Cup
- 1996 Semifinal
- 1997 3rd round
- 1998 Lost qualifier to the Miami Fusion, 3-2.
- 1999 Final, 2-0 loss to Rochester Raging Rhinos
- 2000 3rd round
- 2001 3rd round
- 2002 Quarterfinal
- 2003 Quarterfial 2-1 loss to Chicago Fire
- 2004 4th round, 3-0 loss to Dallas Burn
Average attendance
- 1996: 10,213
- 1997: 11,835
- 1998: 14,812
- 1999: 14,029
- 2000: 12,580
- 2001: 16,481
- 2002: 20,687
- 2003: 16,772
- 2004: 14,195
- All-Time: 14,662
External links
- Official Website (http://www.coloradorapids.com/index.asp)
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