2016 Colorado Rapids season explained

The 2016 Colorado Rapids season was the club's 21st season of existence, and their 21st season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids.

The 2016 season was the Rapids' most successful regular season in franchise history. During the season, the Rapids finished 2nd in the Western Conference and 2nd overall in the regular season, besting their previous best regular season finish of 3rd in the Western Conference and 4th overall in 2002. The Rapids finished undefeated at home with a record of 11-0-6. At home, they conceded only 7 goals, setting a new MLS record with a 0.41 goals-against average. The season also featured a franchise-record 15 match unbeaten streak. After finishing at the bottom of the table for the 2015, the season was hallmarked as a surprising turnaround. The team was bolstered by incoming transfer targets Tim Howard, Shkëlzen Gashi, Marco Pappa and Jermaine Jones. Outside of the regular season, the Rapids reached the fifth round of the U.S. Open Cup before falling to eventual champions, FC Dallas.

Background

See main article: 2015 Colorado Rapids season.

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Colorado officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Colorado officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from the Rapids roster.

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
22			Seattle Sounders FC	Waiver Draft
18			Philadelphia Union	Trade
10			Seattle Sounders FC	Trade
16			Philadelphia Union	Trade
11			FC Basel	Transfer, undisclosed
5			Antigua GFC	Transfer, Discovery Signing
19			D.C. United	Traded for a 3rd Round pick in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft
13			New England Revolution	Trade
1			Everton	Free
7			Philadelphia Union	Trade

Draft picks

See also: 2016 MLS 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 2015 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.

Date	Player	Number	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
January 14, 2016	Emmanuel Appiah		MF	Cincinnati Bearcats	MLS SuperDraft 1st Round Pick (#15); Pick acquired from Chicago Fire through Seattle Sounders FC.
January 14, 2016	Dennis Castillo		DF	VCU Rams	MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round Pick (#37); Pick acquired from Dallas FC.
January 19, 2016	Chris Frouchauer		GK	Ohio State Buckeyes	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#43).
January 19, 2016	Javan Torre		FW	UCLA Bruins	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#56)
January 19, 2016	Bradley Kamdem		DF	UNLV Rebels	MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round Pick (#58)
January 19, 2016	John Manga		FW	Cincinnati Bearcats	MLS SuperDraft 4th Round Pick (#63)

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
16				Waived
3			Toronto FC	Waived
2			Chicago Fire	Waived
22			Belgrano	Loan ended, option declined
7			Defensor Sporting	Waived
57			San Antonio FC	Waived
19			Jacksonville Armada	Waived
10			Zamora	Free Transfer
5			Chicago Fire	Waived
1			Toronto FC	Received allocation money, #56 in 2016 MLS SuperDraft, conditional pick in 2017 MLS SuperDraft
31			FC Dallas	Traded for allocation money
5			D.C. United	Traded for allocation money
30				Waived
			Sporting Kansas City	Waived
21			Chicago Fire	Traded

Loaned out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Date	Source
15			Talleres
29			Charlotte Independence
	MF		Charlotte Independence
12			Charlotte Independence
16			Charlotte Independence
26			Charlotte Independence

Competitions

MLS

See main article: 2016 Major League Soccer season.

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Conference finals

Standings

See also: 2016 Major League Soccer season.

Overall table

Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2016 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs

Statistics

Goals and assists

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No.	Pos.	Name	MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup		Total
			Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
11	FW	Shkëlzen Gashi	9	4	1	0	0	0	10	4
14	FW	Dominique Badji	6	4	0	0	1	0	7	4
9	FW	Kevin Doyle	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
94	MF	Marlon Hairston	3	6	0	0	0	1	3	7
13	MF	Jermaine Jones	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
	FW	Luis Solignac	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
10	MF	Marco Pappa	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	4
44	DF	Axel Sjöberg	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
17	MF	Dillon Serna	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	Dillon Powers	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5
6	MF	Sam Cronin	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4
7	MF	Sébastien Le Toux	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
23	DF	Bobby Burling	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Mekeil Williams	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
5	DF	Marc Burch	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
26	DF	Dennis Castillo	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	DF	Eric Miller	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	MF	Micheal Azira	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1