The 2022 Colorado Rapids season was the club's twenty-seventh season of existence and their twenty-seventh consecutive season in

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(MLS), the top flight of American soccer.

Background

Colorado finished the 2021 season 1st in the Western Conference table, and 2nd overall in MLS. They reached the semifinals of the

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, losing to the

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1–0.

Roster

Out on loan

Competitions

Preseason

Major League Soccer

Standings

= Western Conference

=Overall table

Results summary

Match results

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their entry in the CONCACAF Champions League, the Rapids entered the U.S. Open Cup in the Round of 32. The draw for the Round of 32 took place on April 21, and the Rapids drew

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

''Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.''

Top scorers

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Diego Rubio Diego Iván Rubio Köstner (born 15 May 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Club career Early career Rubio began his football career with Universidad Católica. However, when h ...

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Lalas Abubakar Alhassan "Lalas" Abubakar (born December 25, 1994) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early life Born in Kumasi, Abubakar was raised in the Ghanaian capital of Accra an ...

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Mark-Anthony Kaye Mark-Anthony Kaye (born December 2, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution and the Canada national team. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican p ...

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Keegan Rosenberry Keegan Rosenberry (born December 11, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early carrer He played at Penn Fusion soccer club. Rosenberry played his four years o ...

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Michael Barrios Michael David Barrios Puerta (born 21 April 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Club career Barrios spent four seasons with Colombian Categoría Primera A side Uniaut ...

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Andre Shinyashiki Andre Bava Shinyashiki (born 11 June 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi PFK. He was named the recipient of the 2019 MLS Rookie of the Year award as well as the 2018 men ...

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Sam Nicholson Sam Alastair Nicholson (born 20 January 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a left winger or left midfielder for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. Career Heart of Midlothian Nicholson attended Penicuik High School in Midlothian an ...

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Nicolás Mezquida Gabriel Nicolás Mezquida Sero (born 21 January 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Volos. Club career Mezquida began his career in the youth academy of C.A. Peñarol in 2006, befor ...

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Collen Warner Collen Warner (born June 24, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. College and amateur Warner attended Denver East High School, played club socc ...

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Dantouma Toure Dantouma "Yaya" Toure (born June 12, 2004) is a soccer player who plays as a winger for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. Born in Guinea, he has represented the United States at youth level. A resident of Trenton, New Jersey, Toure played ...

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Top assists

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Bryan Acosta Bryan Josué Acosta Ramos (born 24 November 1993) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the Honduras national team. Club career Born in La Ceiba, Honduras, Acosta star ...

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Felipe Gutiérrez Felipe Alejandro Gutiérrez Leiva (; born 8 October 1990) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Universidad Católica. Club career Universidad Católica Gutiérrez began his youth career at Everton de Viña del Mar in 2004. F ...

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Clean sheets

William Yarbrough William Paul Yarbrough Story (born March 20, 1989) is a professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Born in Mexico, he played for the United States national team. Personal life Yarbroug ...

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Disciplinary record

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Auston Trusty Auston Levi-Jesaiah Trusty (born August 12, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for club Birmingham City, on loan from club Arsenal, and the United States national team. He previously played in the USL Ch ...

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Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when the Rapids officially signed the players to the roster. For transfers out, dates are listed when the Rapids officially removed the players from the roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with a different club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed remains when he was officially removed from the roster.

In

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Aboubacar Keita Aboubacar Kobele Keita (born April 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Keita was born in New York City but grew up in Ohio, attending Westerville North High ...

, Columbus Crew , Columbus receives $300,000 in GAM. , January 4, 2022 , , - , MF , Max Alves ,

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; English: ''Flamengo Rowing Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea, best known for their professional football t ...

, Transfer fee not disclosed , January 5, 2022 , , - , MF ,

FC Dallas FC Dallas is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise be ...

, Rights acquired in stage two of the

2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft The 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 17, 2021 (Stage 1) and December 23, 2021 (Stage 2). All 28 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The priority order for the MLS Re-Entry Draft was reverse order of playoff finis ...

, January 19, 2022 , , - , DF , Jackson Travis , Rapids Academy , Homegrown contract , March 4, 2022 , , - , DF ,

FC Cincinnati Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Cincinnati. The club plays in the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The ...

, FC Cincinnati receives $400,000 in 2022 GAM, and $400,000 in 2023 GAM , March 28, 2022 , , - , FW , Gyasi Zardes , Columbus Crew , Columbus Crew receives $300,000 in GAM. Deal could escalate up to $1.4 million GAM. , April 22, 2022 , , - , FW ,

Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

, Free transfer. , June 17, 2022 , , - , MF ,

Ralph Priso Ralph-William Johnson Priso-Mbongue (born August 2, 2002) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early career He began playing soccer at the age of four with Clairlea-Westview SC, be ...

Toronto FC Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO ...

, Toronto receives

, Colorado receives Priso, $775,000 in GAM, and a 2023 SuperDraft pick. Deal could escalate up to $1.05 million GAM. , July 8, 2022 ,

Loans in

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, Arsenal FC , 6–month loan , January 31, 2022 , July 5, 2022 , , - , DF , Lucas Esteves ,

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

, Loan extended through the end of the 2022 MLS season , July 1, 2022 , TBD , , - , MF ,

, Universidad Católica , Loan through the end of the 2022 MLS season , August 3, 2022 , TBD ,

SuperDraft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of the

2022 MLS SuperDraft The 2022 MLS SuperDraft was the 23rd edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held every January prior to the start of the MLS season and has been conducted via conference calls since 2020. Previously, the Su ...

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Out

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Kortne Ford Kortne Thompson-Ford (born January 26, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. Early life Kortne Ford spent his early life in Olathe, Kansas where he made the Ka ...

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and t ...

, Option Declined , December 3, 2021 , , - , DF , Jeremy Kelly , Memphis 901 FC , Option Declined , December 3, 2021 , , - , MF ,

Younes Namli Younes Namli ( ar, يونس نملي; born 20 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch club PEC Zwolle. Career After spending three seasons in the Danish 1st Division with AB, Namli signed a two-and-a-hal ...

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top flight ...

, Option Declined , December 3, 2021 , , - , GK ,

Andre Rawls Andre Rawls (born December 20, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. Career College Rawls spent his entire college career at Saint Mary's College, including a red-shirted year in 2010. Rawls was named the WCC goalkeeper ...

, TBD , Option Declined , December 3, 2021 , , - , MF , Will Vint , Charlotte Independence , Option Declined , December 3, 2021 , , - , FW ,

Dominique Badji Dominique Badji (born October 16, 1992) is a Senegalese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Career Early life Born in Dakar, Senegal, Bad ...

, Free Transfer , January 4, 2022 , , - , MF ,

Kellyn Acosta Kellyn Kai Perry-Acosta (born July 24, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the United States national team. Early life Acosta was raised in Plano, Texas. ...

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club, commonly referred to as LAFC, is an American professional Association football team based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The club ...

, Colorado receives $1.1 million (with the potential for $400,000 more in incentives) in GAM. , January 14, 2022 , , - , DF ,

, Arsenal FC , Transfer fee not disclosed. Trusty loaned back to Rapids for 6 months. , January 31, 2022 , , - , FW ,

, Charlotte FC , Colorado receives $225,000 (with the potential for $175,000 more in incentives) in GAM. , May 3, 2022 , , - , MF ,

Volos F.C. Volos Football Club ( el, Π.Α.Ε. Νέος Ποδοσφαιρικός Σύλλογος Βόλου) is a Greek professional football club based in Volos, Magnesia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super League, the first tier of footb ...

, Transfer fee not disclosed. , June 28, 2022 , , - , MF ,

, Toronto receives Kaye, Colorado receives

, $775,000 in GAM, and a 2023 SuperDraft pick. Deal could escalate up to $1.05 million GAM. , July 8, 2022 ,

Loans out

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Cole Bassett Cole John Bassett (born July 28, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Club career Born in Littleton, Colorado, Bassett joined the Colorado Rapids academy in ...

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

, 18–month loan with an option to buy
Recalled on August 13 , January 20, 2022 , August 13, 2022 , , - , MF ,

, Fortuna Sittard , Loan through the end of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

season , August 13, 2022 , June 1, 2023 ,

References

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