2011 Colorado Rapids season

Background

The Colorado Rapids are coming off a season, where the club's success was highlighted by winning the MLS Cup, their first postseason title in the process. It was the first time in 17 years that a soccer club based in Colorado won any league/cup title, the last being the Colorado Foxes of the APSL.

In MLS regular season play, the Rapids finished in 7th place overall. The club was eliminated during the top-tier qualification propers of U.S. Open Cup, losing 3–0 to Red Bull New York in the fifth round play-in match.

In the Rocky Mountain Cup derby series against cross-mountain rivals, Real Salt Lake, the clubs tied one another 3–3 in season play. Because of this, the Cup was retained by Salt Lake for the third-consecutive year.

Club

Roster

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Team management

Player movement

Transfers

In

Out

Standings

Main article: 2011 Major League Soccer season

Conference standings

Overall standings

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Preseason

Hurtado Montero
Friberg

Major League Soccer

Regular season

Main article: 2011 Major League Soccer season

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Last updated: October 22, 2011 Source: Colorado Rapids

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Last updated: November 2, 2011 Source: Colorado Rapids

CONCACAF Champions League

By winning the 2010 MLS Cup final, Colorado Rapids have qualified directly into Group stage for the 2011-12 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League. It will be Colorado's debut in the Champions League and their first time participating in a CONCACAF club competition since 1997.

;Group stage – Group B

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Last updated: October 19, 2011 Source: Colorado Rapids

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2011 U.S. Open Cup

Anibaba

Last updated: March 30, 2011 Source: Colorado Rapids

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Colorado is in the #12 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.

International roster spots

Colorado has 7 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Colorado dealt a spot to Vancouver on November 24, 2010. Press reports did not indicate if or when this roster spot is to revert to Colorado. The club also traded a spot to New York Red Bulls on September 14, 2010, in the Macoumba Kandji trade. The trade of this spot was not included in the press release and it is not known when this spot reverts to Colorado. The club acquired a spot permanently from Real Salt Lake on June 29, 2005.

There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: 2013 SuperDraft Round 4 pick acquired from Houston Dynamo.

Future picks traded: 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick traded to San Jose Earthquakes; 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 pick traded to Toronto FC; 2012 SuperDraft conditional pick traded to FC Dallas; 2013 Supplemental Draft Round 3 pick traded to Toronto FC.

References

References

1. Dave Litterer. (April 11, 2010). "The Year in American Soccer, 1997: USISL A-League (Division 2)". The American Soccer History Archives.
2. Kristen Dyer. (May 26, 2010). "Bulls charge past Rapids to earn Cup berth". [[New York Red Bulls.
3. Chris White. (May 26, 2010). "Colorado Loses Their Elusive Away Win Literally In The Last Second, Settles For A 1-1 Draw". SB Nation: Denver.
4. [http://www.coloradorapids.com/players Players {{pipe Colorado Rapids]
5. (November 22, 2010). "Colorado acquire Vagenas in trade with Seattle". MLSsoccer.com.
6. (November 24, 2010). "Vancouver trade Sanna Nyassi to Colorado". MLSsoccer.com.
7. (November 24, 2010). "Timbers sends Wallace back to Rapids". MLSsoccer.com.
8. (December 3, 2010). "Toronto FC trades Joseph Nane to Colorado Rapids". King5.
9. (December 15, 2010). "Rapids select Marshall in Re-Entry Stage-2". Colorado Rapids.
10. (March 1, 2011). "Rapids add Holody and Emory". Colorado Rapids.
11. (March 16, 2011). "Rapids finally get their man in Irish striker Folan". MLSSoccer.com.
12. (March 30, 2011). "Rapids sign Janniere, re-sign Earls". Colorado Rapids Media Relations.
13. (April 14, 2011). "Rapids Sign First round draft pick". Colorado Rapids Media Relations.
14. (September 10, 2011). "Rapids Sign Defender Miguel Comminges". Colorado Rapids Media Relations.
15. (November 24, 2010). "2010 Expansion Draft: pick by pick". MLSsoccer.com.
16. [http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2010/11/rapids-waive-forward-ross-schunk Rapids waive forward Ross Schunk {{pipe Colorado Rapids]
17. [http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2010/12/rapids-decline-options-three-players Rapids decline options on three players {{pipe Colorado Rapids]
18. [http://www.mlssoccer.com/2011-mls-roster-rules 2011 MLS Roster Rules {{pipe Major League Soccer] {{webarchive. link. (April 30, 2011)
19. [http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/vancouver-trade-sanna-nyassi-colorado Vancouver trade Sanna Nyassi to Colorado {{pipe Major League Soccer]
20. [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4090988 Rapids Acquire Macoumba Kandji in Trade with New York - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News]
21. [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3185644 Rapids Acquire Youth International Slot from RSL - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News]