2022 Colorado Rapids season explained

Club:Colorado Rapids
Season:2022
League:Major League Soccer
League Result:Conference

10th
Overall: 18th

Owner:Stan Kroenke
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Robin Fraser
Cup1:MLS Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Did not qualify
Cup2:CONCACAF Champions League
Cup2 Result:Round of 16
Cup3:U.S. Open Cup
Cup3 Result:Round of 32
Cup4:Rocky Mountain Cup
Cup4 Result:Lost
Highest Attendance:18,084 (7/4 v. ATX)
Average Attendance:14,473
Largest Win:COL 3–0 ATL (3/5)
Largest Loss:PHI 6–0 COL (8/27)
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Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Colorado Rapids season was the club's twenty-seventh season of existence and their twenty-seventh consecutive season in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of American soccer.

Background

See main article: 2021 Colorado Rapids season.

Colorado finished the 2021 season 1st in the Western Conference table, and 2nd overall in MLS. They reached the semifinals of the MLS Cup Playoffs, losing to the Portland Timbers 1–0.

Roster

Out on loan

Competitions

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season.

Standings

Overall table

Match results

CONCACAF Champions League

See main article: 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.

Round of 16

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2022 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.[1] The draw for the Round of 32 took place on April 21, and the Rapids drew Minnesota United FC.[2]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Top scorers

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1FW 11 Diego Rubio16 0 0 16
2FW 29 Gyasi Zardes9 0 0 9
3FW 7 Jonathan Lewis4 0 0 4
4DF 6 Lalas Abubakar4 0 0 4
5MF 14 Mark-Anthony Kaye3 0 0 3
6DF 2 Keegan Rosenberry2 0 0 2
FW 12 Michael Barrios2 0 0 2
8MF 8 Max0 0 1 1
FW 9 Andre Shinyashiki1 0 0 1
FW 15 Sam Nicholson1 0 0 1
MF 20 Nicolás Mezquida0 1 0 1
MF 32 Collen Warner1 0 0 1
FW 37 Dantouma Toure1 0 0 1
DF 66 Lucas Esteves1 0 0 1
Total 46 1 1 48

Notes and References

  1. News: 2022 US Open Cup: Format, schedule finalized for 107th edition of tournament . theCup.us . December 22, 2021 . December 23, 2021.
  2. Web site: February 2, 2022 . 2022 US Open Cup Handbook Finalists Edition . live . April 21, 2022 . US Soccer. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420172559/https://cdn.ussoccer.com/-/media/project/ussf/open-cup/2022/2022opencuphandbookfinalistsedition-v120220202.ashx?la=en-us&rev=17e94fe0967445919973f80a3e3dcb00 . April 20, 2022 .