Colorado Rapids

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 the NBA, Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, Colorado Mammoth of the NLL, and other sports teams outside of the state of Colorado.

Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010, their second MLS Cup appearance after falling short in 1997. They were runners-up of the U.S. Open Cup in 1999, losing to the Rochester Raging Rhinos, the last non-MLS team to win the tournament. The Rapids play their home games at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, since moving into the stadium after it opened during the 2007 season.