The Colorado Rapids are a professional American soccer team based in the Denver metropolitan area. They joined Major League Soccer (MLS) as one of the league's charter franchises when it was founded in 1996.

Key Key to competitions

Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996. U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914. CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier club competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008. Leagues Cup (LC) – The premier club competition between MLS and Liga MX, first contested in 2019.

Key to colors and symbols 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third place Last Wooden Spoon ♦ MLS Golden Boot   Highest average attendanceItalics Ongoing competition

Key to league record Season = The year and article of the season Div = Division/level on pyramid League = League name Pld = Games played W = Games won L = Games lost D = Games drawn GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goal difference Pts = Points PPG = Points per game Conf. = Conference position Overall = League position

Key to cup record DNE = Did not enter DNQ = Did not qualify NH = Competition not held or canceled QR = Qualifying round PR = Preliminary round GS = Group stage R1 = First round R2 = Second round R3 = Third round R4 = Fourth round R5 = Fifth round Ro16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarterfinals SF = Semifinals F = Final RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons SeasonLeaguePositionPlayoffsUSOCContinentalAverageattendanceTop goalscorer(s)PldWLDGFGAGDPtsPPGConf.OverallCCLLCName(s)Goals1996 32 11 21 0 44 59 −15 29 0.92 5th 10th DNQ SF DNE NH 10,213 Jean Harbor 111997 32 14 18 0 50 59 −9 38 1.19 4th 7th RU Ro16 DNQ 11,835 Paul Bravo 131998 32 16 16 0 62 69 –7 37 1.38 3rd 5th QF DNE PR 14,812 Wolde Harris 131999 32 20 12 0 38 39 –1 48 1.50 4th 5th QF RU DNQ 14,029 Jorge Dely Valdés 102000 32 13 15 4 43 59 −16 43 1.34 3rd 8th QF R2 12,580 Junior Agogo 102001 26 5 13 8 36 47 −11 23 0.88 4th 11th DNQ R2 16,481 John Spencer 142002 28 13 11 4 43 48 –5 43 1.54 4th 4th SF QF 20,690 Chris Carrieri Mark Chung 122003 30 11 12 7 40 45 –5 40 1.33 3rd 6th QF QF 16,772 John Spencer 142004 30 10 9 11 29 32 –3 41 1.37 3rd 5th QF Ro16 14,195 Peguero Jean Philippe 82005 32 13 13 6 40 37 +3 45 1.41 3rd 7th SF Ro16 16,638 Jeff Cunningham 132006 32 11 13 8 36 49 –13 41 1.28 4th 7th SF QF 12,056 Nicolás Hernández 82007 30 9 13 8 29 34 –5 35 1.17 4th 10th DNQ R2 14,749 Jovan Kirovski 72008 30 11 14 5 44 45 –1 38 1.27 4th 9th QR3 13,659 Conor Casey 122009 30 10 10 10 42 38 +4 40 1.33 6th 9th QR2 13,018 Conor Casey 162010 30 12 8 10 44 32 +12 46 1.53 5th 7th W QR3 14,329 Conor Casey 152011 34 12 9 13 46 42 +4 49 1.44 5th 7th QF QR2 GS 14,838 Jeff Larentowicz 82012 34 11 19 4 44 50 –6 37 1.09 7th 14th DNQ Ro16 DNQ 15,175 Jaime Castrillón 82013 34 14 11 9 45 38 +7 51 1.50 5th 8th R1 R3 15,440 Deshorn Brown 102014 34 8 18 8 43 62 −19 32 0.94 8th 17th DNQ Ro16 15,082 Deshorn Brown 132015 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37 1.09 10th 19th Ro16 15,657 Kevin Doyle Dillon Serna 52016 34 15 6 13 39 32 +7 58 1.71 2nd 2nd SF Ro16 16,278 Shkëlzen Gashi 102017 34 9 19 6 31 51 − 20 33 0.97 10th 20th DNQ Ro16 15,322 Dominique Badji 102018 34 8 19 7 36 63 −27 31 0.91 11th 21st R4 GS 15,333 Dominique Badji 72019 34 12 16 6 58 63 −5 42 1.24 9th 16th R4 DNQ DNQ 14,284 Kei Kamara 142020 18 8 6 4 32 28 +4 28 1.56 5th 10th R1 NH NH 13,062 Cole Bassett Jonathan Lewis 52021 34 17 7 10 51 35 +16 61 1.79 1st 2nd QF NH DNQ 12,014 Michael Barrios 82022 34 11 13 10 46 57 –11 43 1.26 10th 18th DNQ Ro32 Ro16 14,473 Diego Rubio 162023 34 5 17 12 26 54 –28 27 0.79 14th 28th DNQ Ro16 DNQ GS 15,409 Cole Bassett 62024 34 15 14 5 61 60 +1 50 7th 12th R1 DNE 3rd 15,686 Rafael Navarro 152025 34 11 15 8 44 56 –12 41 11th 21st DNQ DNE Total 344 402 206 1,253 1,425 1,214 Conor Casey 53

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