The 2023 Colorado Rapids season was the club's twenty-eighth season in existence and their twenty-eighth consecutive season in

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(MLS), the top flight of American soccer.

Background

Colorado finished the 2022 season 10th in the Western Conference table, and 18th overall in MLS. They did not qualify for the

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. Additionally, they were knocked out of the

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in the round of 16 by

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n side Comunicaciones F.C., and were eliminated from the

2022 U.S. Open Cup The 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 107th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, a knockout cup competition in American soccer. After the 2020 and 2021 competitions were suspended and ultimately canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United St ...

in the round of 32 by

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. They lost the

Rocky Mountain Cup The Rocky Mountain Cup is a soccer trophy contested between Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids. The cup is awarded by the Committee of 10, a group of bi-partisan fans who run the competition, to the team with the most points in games played b ...

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Roster

Out on loan

Competitions

Preseason

Major League Soccer

Standings

= Western Conference

=Overall table

Match results

Leagues Cup

Central 4

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

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 ...

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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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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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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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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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Kévin Cabral Kévin Cabral (born 10 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Career Valenciennes Cabral was a youth product of Paris Saint-Germain before moving to Valenciennes ...

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Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter who has released six studio albums. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'', was released in June ...

, 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , MF , , 20 , , Connor Ronan , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , MF , , 29 , , Braian Galván , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1 , - , DF , , 34 , , Michael Edwards , 0 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1 , - !colspan="4", Total !! 26 !! 7 !! 2 !! 35 , -

Top assists

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Danny Leyva Daniel Ulises Leyva (born May 5, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Club career Leyva was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada; his father Ulises had pla ...

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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 ...

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Clean sheets

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Disciplinary record

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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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Moïse Bombito Moïse Bombito Lumpungu (born 30 March 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the Canada national team. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bombito is of Co ...

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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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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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, LA Galaxy receives $1 million in GAM. , December 8, 2023 , , - , FW ,

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 up to $375K in GAM. , December 21, 2022 , , - , MF , Connor Ronan ,

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

, Transfer fee undisclosed. , January 23, 2023 , , - , DF , Andreas Maxsø ,

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

, Transfer fee undisclosed. , January 27, 2023 , , - , DF , Alex Gersbach , Grenoble , Transfer fee undisclosed. , January 30, 2023 , , - , DF , Daniel Chacón ,

Colorado Rapids 2 Colorado Rapids 2 is a professional soccer club based in Denver, Colorado area that competes in the MLS Next Pro league, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of, the Major League Socce ...

, 2-year contract , July 3, 2023 , , - , DF , Andrew Gutman , Atlanta United FC , Atlanta receives $400K in GAM and a 2023 International Roster Spot. , July 5, 2023 , , - , GK , Marko Ilić ,

K.V. Kortrijk Koninklijke Voetbalclub Kortrijk (often simply called KV Kortrijk or KVK) is a Belgian professional football club based in Kortrijk, West Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division, and they achieved their best ranking ever during the 200 ...

, Transfer fee undisclosed. , July 15, 2023 , , - , FW , Luis Díaz , Columbus Crew SC , Selected off waivers. , September 7, 2023 ,

Loans in

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, , Through July 2023 with option to buy , , February 2023 , , July 2023 , , , - , MF , ,

, ,

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

, , For the duration of the 2023 season , , April 2023 , , October 2023 , , , - , FW , , Rafael Navarro , ,

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 ...

, , Through June 30, 2024, with option to buy , , July 2023 , , June 2024 , , , - , MF , , Sidnei Tavares , , Porto B , , 11 month loan with option to buy , , August 2023 , , July 2024 , ,

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

2023 MLS SuperDraft The 2023 MLS SuperDraft was the 24th edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. It was held on December 21, 2022, becoming the first SuperDraft to be held in December, but will retain the 2023 branding. The draft was conducted ...

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, DF , New Hampshire Wildcats , Round 1, Pick 3, signed , - , Oliver Semmle , GK , Marshall Thundering Herd , Round 2, Pick 41

Out

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" , - !Pos. !Player !Transferred to !Fee/notes !Date !Source , - , MF , Philip Mayaka , Crown Legacy FC , Option declined. , November 10, 2022 , , - , MF ,

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 ...

, , Option waived. , November 10, 2022 , , - , DF , Lucas Esteves ,

, Option to purchase declined, loan concluded. , December 1, 2022 , , - , GK ,

Clint Irwin Clinton Robert Irwin (born April 1, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Minnesota United. Early life Irwin attended high school at Charlotte Christian School. As a student, he played basketball, where h ...

, Free transfer. , December 6, 2022 , , - , FW , Gyasi Zardes , Austin FC , Free transfer. , December 12, 2022 , , - , FW ,

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 ...

, , Waived. , April 20, 2023 , , - , MF ,

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at P ...

, Colorado receives $150,000 in GAM. Deal may escalate to $325,000 in GAM. , August 1, 2023 , , - , DF , Anthony Markanich ,

St. Louis City SC St. Louis City SC (stylized as St. Louis CITY SC) is an American professional men's soccer club based in St. Louis, Missouri. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference and will join in 2023 as an expans ...

, Colorado receives $75,000 in GAM and a first-round pick in the

2024 MLS SuperDraft The 2024 MLS SuperDraft was the 25th edition of the MLS SuperDraft, a Draft (sports), sports draft to select amateur, usually collegiate, soccer players that are not affiliate with an MLS club, or college soccer in the United States, college socc ...

. Deal may escalate to $150,000 in GAM. , August 1, 2023 , , - , FW ,

, Colorado receives a first-round pick in the

. Deal may escalate to include $50,000 in GAM. , August 3, 2023 ,

Loans out

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References

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