Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids
Nickname(s)Pids
Rapids
Founded1996 (1996)
Stadium
Capacity18,061 (expandable to 19,680)[1]
OwnerKroenke Sports & Entertainment
Head coachChris Armas
LeagueMajor League Soccer
2023Western Conference: 14th
Overall: 28th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, later to be a founding sports franchise of the global sports and entertainment concern AEG, the club is a founding member of MLS, playing their first season in 1996.

The Rapids are owned by the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, also owners of the Denver Nuggets of NBA, Colorado Avalanche of NHL, Colorado Mammoth of NLL and other sports teams outside of the state of Colorado.

Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010, their second MLS Cup appearance. The first appearance was in 1997, losing to D.C. United. They were also runners-up of the U.S. Open Cup in the 1999 tournament, where they lost to the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the last time a non-MLS team 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.

  1. ^ "Stadium Facts" (PDF). Dick's Sporting Goods Park 2018 Fan Guide (PDF). March 23, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.