The 2007

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

season was the twelfth season of the Colorado club franchise. The team entered the season having been eliminated from the 2006 MLS Playoffs in the Conference Finals. The Rapids, however, enter as the defending champions of the

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. For 2007, the Rapids revealed new team colors, uniforms and crest. The Colorado Rapids begin play in their new

soccer-specific stadium A soccer-specific stadium, mainly in the United States and Canada, is a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-purpose stadium whic ...

Dick's Sporting Goods Park Dick's Sporting Goods Park, also known as DSG Park, is a soccer-specific stadium in Commerce City, Colorado, that is home to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (MLS). The stadium seats up to 18,061 people for soccer matches, but can acco ...

Offseason

2006 Colorado Rapids

Changes for the 2007 MLS Season

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Ugo Ihemelu Ugochukwu "Ugo" Ihemelu (born April 3, 1983, in Enugu) is a retired Nigerian-born American football player. Career College Ihemelu grew up in the United States, attended Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), and pl ...

''Traded from Los Angeles'' *

Herculez Gomez Herculez Gomez (born April 6, 1982) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He currently works as a commentator in both English and Spanish for ESPN. Early ...

''Traded from Los Angeles'' *

Nico Colaluca Nicolas "Nico" Colaluca (born May 23, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Career Youth and college Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he attended La Salle Academy in Providence. Colaluca played colle ...

''Signed as draft pick'' * Omar Cummings ''Signed as draft pick'' * John DiRaimondo ''Signed as draft pick'' * Justin Hughes ''Signed as draft pick'' *

Kosuke Kimura (born 14 May 1984) is a Japanese former professional footballer and coach. A long-time veteran of Major League Soccer, he has also played in Poland. He was the first player in MLS history who was born in Japan. Career College and amateur Kimu ...

''Signed as draft pick'' *

Nick LaBrocca Nick LaBrocca (born December 4, 1984) is a former American soccer player. Career Youth and college LaBrocca played high school soccer at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey before going on to having a three time All-Big East care ...

''Signed as draft pick'' *

José Cancela José Carlos Cancela Durán (born June 25, 1976) is a Uruguayan Association football, football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe". Before joining the Colorado Rapids, Cancela played the pre ...

''Traded from Toronto FC'' *

Conor Casey Conor Patrick Casey (born July 25, 1981) is an American former soccer player. He played for 16 seasons as a forward, finishing his career with Columbus Crew SC, before turning to coaching with his former club Colorado Rapids. Playing career ...

''Traded from Toronto FC'' *

Brandon Prideaux Brandon Prideaux (born August 18, 1976) is an American soccer coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the men's soccer team at the University of Washington. Prideaux spent most of his professional career in Major League Soccer, pla ...

''Traded from D.C.'' *

Zach Thornton Zach Thornton (born October 10, 1973) is an American soccer player who is goalkeeping coach for Chicago Fire FC. A goalkeeper, he spent 16 seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (1996–97), Chicago Fire (1998� ...

''Traded from Chicago'' * Facundo Erpen ''Traded from D.C.'' *

Mehdi Ballouchy Mehdi Ballouchy (; born April 6, 1983) is a retired Moroccan professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently one of the coaching staff for New York City FC. Career Early life At the age of 13, he joined SCC Mohammédia and ...

''Traded from Real Salt Lake'' * Daniel Osorno ''Free Transfer'' *

Tony Sanneh Anthony Sanneh (born June 1, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career Youth and college Tony Sanneh was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to an African father from Gambia and an Am ...

''Traded from Chicago'' Out *

Kyle Beckerman Kyle Robert Beckerman (born April 23, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He spent 21 seasons in Major League Soccer (MLS) with the Miami Fusion (2000–2001), Colorado Rapids (2002–2007 ...

''Traded to Real Salt Lake for Mehdi Ballouchy'' *

Greg Vanney Greg Vanney (born June 11, 1974) is an American former professional soccer player and head coach of the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. A defender and one of MLS's original players, Vanney spent 10 seasons in the league and another three-and ...

''Traded to D.C. for Facundo Erpen'' * Joe Cannon ''Traded to Los Angeles'' *

Matt Crawford Matthew David Crawford (born August 20, 1980, in Durham, North Carolina) is an American soccer midfielder who last played for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He played high school soccer at Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina ...

''Released by team'' * Eric Denton ''Released by team, rights subsequently traded to New York Red Bulls'' *

Hunter Freeman Hunter Freeman (born January 8, 1985, in Tyler, Texas) is a retired American soccer player who currently is the director of domestic scouting for FC Cincinnati Career College and amateur As a teenager, Freeman trained in residency at the Uni ...

''Traded to

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conferenc ...

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Luchi Gonzalez Luis Aquilino Gonzalez (born July 14, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former player who was recently the head coach of San Jose Earthquakes in MLS. Youth and college Gonzalez was born in Hialeah, Florida, to a Peruvian father and an Amer ...

''Released by team, subsequently signed with

Miami FC Miami FC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (201 ...

of the USL-1'' * Sasha Gotsmanov ''Released by team, subsequently signed with

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional association football, soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. T ...

of the USL-1'' *

Matt Jordan Matt Jordan (born October 13, 1975, in Aurora, Colorado) is currently Vice President of Global Football for Trivela Group a PE sports investment firm, and a former professional goalkeeper. Youth and college Jordan graduated from Overland High S ...

''Released by team'' *

Aitor Karanka Aitor Karanka de la Hoz (Basque and ; born 18 September 1973) is a Spanish football manager and former player. Save for a brief spell in the United States at age 32, Karanka played solely in Spain for Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid, appearing ...

''Released by team'' *

Aaron King Aaron King (born July 26, 1984, in Denver, Colorado) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Youth and amateur King attended South High School and Smoky Hill High School where he won the 2000 Colorado State Soccer Championship. ...

''Released by team. Joined

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...

of USL-1'' * Thiago Martins ''Transferred to Bodø/Glimt of the Norwegian

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Clint Mathis Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. He appeared at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring one goal. He also played in Major League Soccer for the MetroStars, wh ...

''Traded to

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Fabrice Noël Fabrice Noël (born July 21, 1985) is a Haitian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early life and career in Haiti Noël grew up poor in the village of Gressier, 12 miles west of Port-au-Prince. He began playin ...

''Released by team'' * Alain Nkong ''Released by team'' *

Riley O'Neill Riley O'Neill (born September 9, 1985) is a Canadian soccer coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for Pacific FC. Club career On January 18, 2007 O'Neill was drafted by Colorado Rapids in the third round (36th overall) of the ...

''Traded to

Toronto FC Toronto Football Club is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matc ...

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Melvin Tarley Duncan "Melvin" Tarley (born October 31, 1982) is a Liberian former professional footballer. Career Professional Tarley first came to prominence in 2005, during Minnesota Thunder's run to the semi-finals of the 2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Ta ...

''Released by team, subsequently signed with

Puerto Rico Islanders The Puerto Rico Islanders were a professional association football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. They played in several different leagues from 2004 to 2012, when they suspended operations. In their last two seasons they played in the Nort ...

of the USL-1'' *

Roberto Brown Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea (born July 15, 1977) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was appointed assistant manager of sports of the Municipality of Panama in May 2014. Club career Nicknamed ''el Bombar ...

''Released by team''

2007 MLS SuperDraft

Chance at a comeback

2007 final roster

''As of October 21, 2007'' (

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Western Conference standings

x = Clinched playoff berth
y = Clinched home field for Conf. Champ. Last Updated 2016-07-19

Results by round

References

External links

2007 Colorado Rapids Schedule2007 Colorado Rapids Stats
{{2007 in American soccer Colorado Rapids seasons