Teams · Western Conference · since 1996 · Commerce City, Colorado

Colorado Rapids

MLS Cups: 1; 2010
Supporters' Shields: 0; —
Playoff appearances: 16; 1997–2024
Seasons: 31; Dick's Sporting Goods Park · 18,061

2026 · right now8th in the West43 pts12-14-7 · 33 played · 1.30 PPG · −1 GD

Playoff picture · updated Nov 1, 4:51 AM EST

Colorado Rapids is a Major League Soccer club from Commerce City, Colorado, in the league since 1996. It has won MLS Cup in 2010. It has reached the MLS Cup Playoffs 16 times in 31 seasons. In 2026 it is 8th in the Western Conference with 43 points from 33 matches (12 wins, 14 losses, 7 draws). In 2025 it finished 11th in the Western Conference with 41 points and missed the playoffs. Its head coach is Matt Wells. It plays its home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Trophy case · 1 trophy

Every final, won and lost.

1
MLS Cup
- 2010beat FC Dallas
Lost the final: 1997 to D.C. United
0
U.S. Open Cup
Lost the final: 1999 to Rochester Raging Rhinos
Not played in 2020 or 2021.

Season by season · 1996–2026

Every regular season, one row each.

Colorado Rapids season by season
	Conf	W-L-D						Playoffs	Coach
2026	West	12-14-7	43	1.30	46–47 (−1)	16th of 30	8th	In progress	Matt Wells
2025	West	11-15-8	41	1.21	44–56 (−12)	21st of 30	11th	Missed playoffs	Chris Armas / Chris Little
2024	West	15-14-5	50	1.47	61–60 (+1)	12th of 29	7th	Out in round one	Chris Armas
2023	West	5-17-12	27	0.79	26–54 (−28)	28th of 29	14th	Missed playoffs	Robin Fraser / Chris Little
2022	West	11-13-10	43	1.26	46–57 (−11)	18th of 28	10th	Missed playoffs	Robin Fraser
2021	West	17-7-10	61	1.79	51–35 (+16)	2nd of 27	1st	Out in conference semifinals	Robin Fraser
2020	West	8-6-4	28	1.56	32–28 (+4)	16th of 26	5th	Out in round one	Robin Fraser
2019	West	12-16-6	42	1.24	58–63 (−5)	16th of 24	9th	Missed playoffs	Anthony Hudson / Conor Casey / Robin Fraser
2018	West	8-19-7	31	0.91	36–63 (−27)	21st of 23	11th	Missed playoffs	Anthony Hudson
2017	West	9-19-6	33	0.97	31–51 (−20)	20th of 22	10th	Missed playoffs	Pablo Mastroeni / Steve Cooke
2016	West	15-6-13	58	1.71	39–32 (+7)	2nd of 20	2nd	Out in conference finals	Pablo Mastroeni
2015	West	9-15-10	37	1.09	33–43 (−10)	19th of 20	10th	Missed playoffs	Pablo Mastroeni
2014	West	8-18-8	32	0.94	43–62 (−19)	17th of 19	8th	Missed playoffs	Pablo Mastroeni
2013	West	14-11-9	51	1.50	45–38 (+7)	8th of 19	5th	Out in knockout round	Óscar Pareja
2012	West	11-19-4	37	1.09	44–50 (−6)	14th of 19	7th	Missed playoffs	Óscar Pareja
2011	West	12-9-13	49	1.44	44–41 (+3)	7th of 18	5th	Out in conference semifinals	Gary Smith
2010	West	12-8-10	46	1.53	44–32 (+12)	8th of 16	5th	CupBracket	Gary Smith
2009	West	10-10-10	40	1.33	42–38 (+4)	9th of 15	6th	Missed playoffs	Gary Smith
2008	West	11-14-5	38	1.27	44–45 (−1)	9th of 14	4th	Missed playoffs	Fernando Clavijo / Gary Smith
2007	West	9-13-8	35	1.17	29–34 (−5)	10th of 13	4th	Missed playoffs	Fernando Clavijo
2006	West	11-13-8	41	1.28	36–49 (−13)	7th of 12	4th	Out in conference finals	Fernando Clavijo
2005	West	13-13-6	45	1.41	40–37 (+3)	7th of 12	3rd	Out in conference finals	Fernando Clavijo
2004	West	10-9-11	41	1.37	29–32 (−3)	5th of 10	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Tim Hankinson
2003	West	11-12-7	40	1.33	40–45 (−5)	6th of 10	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Tim Hankinson
2002	West	13-11-4	43	1.54	43–48 (−5)	3rd of 10	4th	Out in semifinals (officially conference finals)	Tim Hankinson
2001	West	5-13-8	23	0.88	36–47 (−11)	11th of 12	4th	Missed playoffs	Tim Hankinson
2000	West	13-15-4	43	1.34	43–59 (−16)	8th of 12	3rd	Out in quarterfinals	Glenn Myernick
1999	West	20-12 (6 SOW)	48	1.50	38–39 (−1)	5th of 12	4th	Out in conference semifinals	Glenn Myernick
1998	West	16-16 (2 SOW)	44	1.38	62–69 (−7)	5th of 12	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Glenn Myernick
1997	West	14-18 (2 SOW)	38	1.19	50–59 (−9)	7th of 10	4th	MLS Cup runner-up	Glenn Myernick
1996	West	11-21 (2 SOW)	29	0.91	44–59 (−15)	10th of 10	5th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Bobby Houghton / Roy Wegerle

Head coaches · 15

Everyone who has picked the team.

Regular-season record in every match in charge, playoffs alongside. A season shared by two coaches is split between them.

Colorado Rapids head coaches
			W-L-D		Playoffs
Matt WellsNow	2026	26	11-12-3	1.38	—	—
Chris Armas	2024–2025	67	26-28-13	1.36	0-2-0	—
Chris Little	2023–2025 · 2 spells	9	2-5-2	0.89	—	—
Robin Fraser	2019–2023	119	44-41-34	1.39	0-2-0	—
Anthony Hudson	2018–2019	43	8-26-9	0.77	—	—
Conor Casey	2019	18	7-7-4	1.39	—	—
Pablo Mastroeni	2014–2017	124	38-51-35	1.20	1-3-0	—
Steve Cooke	2017	12	3-7-2	0.92	—	—
Óscar Pareja	2012–2013	68	25-30-13	1.29	0-1-0	—
Gary Smith	2008–2011	105	39-31-35	1.45	4-3-0	2010
Fernando Clavijo	2005–2008	113	39-49-25	1.26	1-3-2	—
Tim Hankinson	2001–2004	114	39-45-30	1.29	3-5-1	—
Glenn Myernick	1997–2000	128	63-61-4	1.35	4-7-1	—
Bobby Houghton	1996	31	11-20-0	0.94	—	—
Roy Wegerle	1996	1	0-1-0	0.00	—	—

Home grounds · 3

Where the home games were.

1996–2001Mile High Stadium · Denver
2002–2006Invesco Field at Mile High · Denver
2007–Dick's Sporting Goods Park · Commerce City18,061 seats

Season

Position

Players used26

Average age24.1

Goals24

Most minutes

Nico Hansen

3,216 min · GK

Colorado Rapids 2026 roster
#		Pos		Nat
1	Nico Hansen	GK	25	Denmark	3,216	0	0	0.0	0	2
2	Paxten Aaronson	M	23	USA	2,478	7	7	6.5	51	2
3	Rob Holding	D	31	England	2,081	0	1	1.3	9	2
4	Zack Steffen	GK	31	USA	1,874	0	0	0.0	0	3
5	Hamzat Ojediran	M	23	Nigeria	1,850	1	0	0.7	19	1
6	Lucas Herrington	D	19	Australia	1,750	1	1	0.6	3	1
7	Wayne Frederick	M	22	Trinidad & Tobago	1,742	2	1	2.3	16	3
8	Miguel Navarro	D	27	Venezuela	1,729	0	1	0.2	4	1
9	Josh Atencio	M	24	USA	1,554	1	1	0.4	8	2
10	Darren Yapi	F	22	USA	1,490	3	2	4.6	26	5
11	Reggie Cannon	D	28	USA	1,308	2	0	0.3	3	3
12	Loic Williams	D	24	Spain	1,205	1	0	0.6	5	1
13	Jackson Travis	D	22	USA	986	0	1	0.1	2	3
14	Keegan Rosenberry	D	33	USA	730	1	0	0.3	4	8
15	Noah Cobb	D	21	—	545	0	0	0.1	2	1
16	Donavan Phillip	F	21	St. Lucia	407	2	0	2.1	11	1
17	Adam Beaudry	GK	20	USA	404	0	0	0.0	0	3
18	Youssef Maziz	M	28	France	313	0	2	0.4	8	1
19	Alexis Manyoma	M	23	Colombia	304	1	0	0.2	4	2
20	Morgan Whittaker	F	25	England	242	2	0	1.1	13	1
21	Alex Harris	M	21	USA	231	0	0	1.1	6	2
22	Connor Ronan	M	28	Republic of Ireland	229	0	0	0.1	2	4
23	Ted Ku-Dipietro	M	24	USA	121	0	0	0.3	3	2
24	Sayd Farhi	F	20	Israel	105	0	0	0.3	2	1
25	Mamadou Billo Diop	F	20	Senegal	29	0	0	0.2	1	1
26	Kimani Stewart-Baynes	M	21	Canada	16	0	0	0.0	0	3

Everyone who played a minute for the club in 2026, regular season and playoffs combined. Age is during the season, by birth year.

All-time · 1996–2026

The club's leaders.

Goals

1Conor Casey2007–201252
2Paul Bravo1997–200144
3Omar Cummings2007–201240
4John Spencer2001–200439
5Diego RubioF · 2019–202338
6Cole BassettM · 2018–202531
7Rafael NavarroF · 2023–202528
8Wolde Harris1997–200528
9Chris Henderson1996–200527
10Mark Chung2002–200526

Assists

1Chris Henderson1996–200543
2Terry Cooke2005–200936
3Omar Cummings2007–201231
4Jack PriceM · 2018–202329
5Ross Paule1997–200129
6Adrian Paz1997–199826
7Marcelo Balboa1996–200126
8Paul Bravo1997–200124
9Dillon PowersM · 2013–201621
10Carlos Valderrama2001–200219

Minutes

1Clint IrwinGK · 2013–202120,474
2William YarbroughGK · 2020–202320,366
3Pablo Mastroeni2002–201219,990
4Tim HowardGK · 2016–201919,786
5Keegan RosenberryD · 2019–202618,845
6Drew MoorD · 2009–202218,487
7Chris Henderson1996–200516,046
8Marcelo Balboa1996–200114,232
9Zack SteffenGK · 2024–202613,660
10Marvell WynneD · 2010–201413,165

Expected goals

1Rafael NavarroF · 2023–202537.9
2Cole BassettM · 2018–202530.1
3Diego RubioF · 2019–202329.2
4Deshorn BrownF · 2013–201526.5
5Jonathan LewisM · 2020–202421.8
6Kei KamaraF · 201917.4
7Kevin DoyleF · 2015–201717.3
8Dominique BadjiF · 2015–201716.8
9Darren YapiF · 2022–202616.5
10Andre ShinyashikiM · 2019–202114.4

Saves

1Tim HowardGK · 2016–2019334
2William YarbroughGK · 2020–2023325
3Clint IrwinGK · 2013–2021313
4Zack SteffenGK · 2024–2026231
5Zac MacMathGK · 2015–201887
6Nico HansenGK · 2025–202678
7Marko IlićGK · 202341
8Joe NascoGK · 201413
9Adam BeaudryGK · 2024–20268
10Abraham RodriguezGK · 2022–20236

Seasons at the club

1Pablo Mastroeni2002–201211
2Drew MoorD · 2009–202210
3own goal1996–201010
4Keegan RosenberryD · 2019–20268
5Chris Henderson1996–20057
6Cole BassettM · 2018–20257
7Dillon SernaM · 2013–20197
8Clint IrwinGK · 2013–20216
9Marcelo Balboa1996–20016
10Danny WilsonD · 2018–20236

Club records

Best season (PPG)

1.79 · 2021

17-7-10 · 61 pts · Out in conference semifinals

Worst season (PPG)

0.79 · 2023

5-17-12 · 27 pts

Longest win streak

5 matches

2003 · since 1996

Biggest win

5–0 at Salt Lake

Sun, Sep 13 2020

Heaviest defeat

0–6 at LA Galaxy

Sat, Sep 6 2014

Biggest home crowd

75,824

2–3 vs Miami · Sat, Apr 18 2026

About these windows

Every final, won and lost.

MLS Cup

U.S. Open Cup

Every regular season, one row each.

Everyone who has picked the team.

Where the home games were.

The club's leaders.

Goals

Assists

Minutes

Expected goals

Saves

Seasons at the club

Every final, won and lost.

MLS Cup

U.S. Open Cup

Every regular season, one row each.

Everyone who has picked the team.

Where the home games were.

The club's leaders.

Goals

Assists

Minutes

Expected goals

Saves

Seasons at the club