The 2020 Colorado Rapids season is the club's twenty-fifth season of existence and their twenty-fifth consecutive season in

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(MLS), the top flight of American soccer. The club qualified for the

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for the first time since the 2016 season. Colorado were also set compete in the

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before its cancellation. The season covers the period from October 7, 2019, to the conclusion of the

Background

Colorado finished the 2019 season 9th in the Western Conference table, and 16th overall in MLS.

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lead Colorado with 14 goals across all competitions. The club fired head coach Anthony Hudson on May 1, 2019, following a nine-match winless streak to start the season.

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served as interim head coach until the hiring of

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as the club's new head coach on August 25. Outside of MLS play, the Rapids played in the 2019 edition of the U.S. Open Cup, where they lost in the fourth round to

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Overview

The Rapids started the season with wins over

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and

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before Major League Soccer paused the 2020 season due to

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. The league returned to action in July with the

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in Orlando, Fla., with Colorado in Group D with

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and

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. After another month-long pause, MLS returned to in-market play in August. Colorado took three points from four games before reclaiming the

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with a 5-0 win over RSL on Sept. 12. The win was Colorado's first ever at

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and started a run of three wins in four, including three clean sheets. After a series of positive COVID test results, MLS postponed Rapids matches for one month. In all, five Rapids matches were cancelled, which, in addition to other cancellations around the league, prompted MLS to alter MLS Cup Playoff qualification to a points per game basis. The Rapids won their final three matches to qualify for the Audi 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2016, capturing the fifth seed in the Western Conference. Colorado visited fourth-seed Minnesota and lost, 3-0. The season saw head coach Robin Fraser post the best record of any Rapids head coach through his first 25 games in charge. In their first 25 games under Fraser, the Rapids scored 47 goals, won 13 games and earned 43 points, all the most by a Rapids head coach since the introduction of draws to MLS in 2000. After scoring the third-most goals in MLS with 58 in 2019, Colorado scored 32 goals in 18 games. Colorado's 1.78 goals per game ranked sixth in MLS in 2020. The Rapids also posted their first positive goal differential (+4) since 2016 and the seventh time in club history. Several Rapids enjoyed breakout years in 2020, including Homegrown midfielder

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 ...

and Homegrown defender Sam Vines. Bassett, from Littleton, Colo., turned 19 in July and finished the season as Colorado's leader with five goals and five assists. Vines, 21 years old from

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, was the only player on the roster to play every minute in the regular season, adding the first goal and three assists of his MLS career. The duo was named to MLS 22 Under 22 for a second consecutive year. In February, Vines became the first Rapids Academy product to start a match for the

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, while Bassett scored four goals in four appearances with the U.S. U-20s and earned his first senior USMNT call-up for the December 2020 camp, joining Rapids teammates Vines and midfielder

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. It was Acosta's first call-up in two years.

Roster

Out on loan

Competitions

Preseason

Friendlies

Major League Soccer

Standings

= Western Conference

=Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

The Rapids clinched a spot in the playoffs on November 4.

MLS is Back Tournament

Group stage

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U.S. Open Cup

''Note: The 2020 U.S Open Cup was suspended on March 13, due to the

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. The tournament was canceled on August 14.''

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Top scorers

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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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Drew Moor Drew Moor (born January 15, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a center-back in Major League Soccer. Born in Dallas, Moor began playing college soccer for the Furman Paladins before transferring to the Indiana ...

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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 ...

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Nicolás Mezquida Gabriel Nicolás Mezquida Sero (born 21 January 1992) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Volos. Club career Mezquida began his career in the youth academy of C.A. Peñarol in 2006, befor ...

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Top assists

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, 2 , , 0 , , 2 , - , FW , , 9 , , align="left",

Nicolas Benezet Nicolas Benezet (born 24 February 1991) is a French professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Nîmes Olympique, Nîmes. Club career France Born in Montpellier, Benezet played in the youth academ ...

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Clean sheets

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Disciplinary record

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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Columbus Crew SC The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an Soccer in the United States, American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference ( ...

, Columbus receives $400,000 in

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and a 2020 International Roster Spot , November 20, 2019 , , - , DF , Auston Trusty ,

Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Union compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the club began playing in 201 ...

, Philadelphia receives $750,000 in

and a sell-on clause , November 20, 2019 , , - , DF ,

Toronto FC Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO ...

, Signed to a one–year contract , November 27, 2019 , , - , FW ,

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

receives $50,000 in

and an additional $50,000 in allocation money if Benezet starts 75% of matches in 2020. Guingamp receives a $500,000 transfer fee , January 14, 2020 , , - , MF , Braian Galván , Colón , Will see out remainder of contract with Colón prior to joining the Rapids on a free transfer on July 7, 2020. , January 16, 2020 , , - , GK , Abraham Rodriguez ,

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC is a professional soccer team based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Founded in 2014, the team is a member of the USL Championship, the second tier of the United States soccer league system, American soccer pyramid. T ...

, Signed as a Homegrown Player , February 20, 2020 , , - , DF , Jeremy Kelly ,

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, Signed to a one–year contract , February 25, 2020 , , - , MF , Will Vint ,

Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began pl ...

, Signed as a Homegrown Player.

receives a 2022 SuperDraft 4th Round Pick. , March 4, 2020 , , - , MF ,

FC Helsingør FC Helsingør is a Danish football club from Helsingør. The club plays in the Danish 1st Division, having been promoted after winning the Danish 2nd Division in the 2019-2020 season. The club has finished the last two seasons in the top 4 of th ...

, Signed to a one-year contract. , June 30, 2020 , , - , DF ,

Steven Beitashour Steven Mehrdad Beitashour ( ; fa, استیون مهرداد بیت‌آشور , ; born February 1, 1987) is a professional soccer player who currently plays as a right-back for Colorado Rapids. Born in the United States, he represented the Ira ...

Los Angeles FC Los Angeles Football Club, commonly referred to as LAFC, is an American professional Association football team based in Los Angeles. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The club ...

, Signed to a one-year contract. , September 19, 2020 ,

Loans in

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FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Division, the second highest division of the Ru ...

, Two-year loan with an option to buy , January 15, 2020 , January 15, 2022 , , - , GK , William Yarbrough ,

Club León Club León Fútbol Club, also known as León, is a Mexican professional football club based in León, Guanajuato, that competes in the Liga MX, the top flight of Mexican football. León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...

, One–year loan with an option to buy , March 6, 2020 , March 6, 2021 ,

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

2020 MLS SuperDraft The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was the 21st edition of the MLS SuperDraft, SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The 2020 SuperDraft was the first SuperDraft held exclusively via conference call and web streaming. The first two rounds of the 2020 ...

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1st Round Pick; Rights acquired from Montreal Impact for $75,000 in

, , - , January 9, 2020 , Robin Afamefuna , align=center, DF ,

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2nd Round Pick ,

Out

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Memphis 901 FC Memphis 901 FC is an American professional soccer team based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019. Stadium The club currently plays on the grounds of AutoZone Park, a baseball stadiu ...

, Retired. Joined

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on March 4, 2020. , October 7, 2019 , , - , DF ,

Kofi Opare Kofi Opare (born October 12, 1990) is a Ghanaian association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender. He has previously appeared for Michigan Bucks, Detroit City FC, Detroit City, LA Galaxy, D.C. United, and ...

, , Contract Option declined , November 21, 2019 , , - , DF , Tommy Smith ,

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, Contract Option declined , November 21, 2019 , , - , DF ,

Sam Raben Sam Raben (born May 11, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender. He won a gold medal with Team USA in the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Before turning pro, he played two seasons in the Premier Development League with ...

Sporting Kansas City II Sporting Kansas City II is a MLS Next Pro club affiliated with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer. For the 2022 season they will play their home games at Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, as well as Swope S ...

, Contract Option declined , November 21, 2019 , , - , MF ,

Dillon Serna Dillon Paul Serna (born March 25, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Colorado Rapids 2 in MLS Next Pro. He previously played in Major League Soccer for Colorado Rapids and in the USL Championship for ...

, Out of Contract , November 21, 2019 , , - , DF ,

Axel Sjöberg Axel Sjöberg (; born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish former Association football, footballer. Career Early career Sjöberg began his career with Helenelunds IK in his hometown at age four before moving to the academy of Djurgårdens IF Fotboll, ...

, Waived. Signed for Columbus on December 4, 2019. , November 27, 2019 , , - , FW ,

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 ...

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...

, Contract terminated by mutual consent. Joined

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on July 22, 2020. , July 2, 2020 , , - , FW ,

, Traded for $150,000 in GAM and a second-round pick in the

2022 MLS SuperDraft The 2022 MLS SuperDraft was the 23rd edition of the SuperDraft conducted by Major League Soccer. The SuperDraft is held every January prior to the start of the MLS season and has been conducted via conference calls since 2020. Previously, the Su ...

, September 19, 2020 ,

Loans out

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Niki Jackson Niki Jackson (born August 25, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for San Diego Loyal in the USL Championship. He grew up in Collierville, Tennessee and Scottsdale, Arizona before attending Cactus Shadows High School and G ...

, Duration of the

2020 USL Championship season The 2020 USL Championship season was the tenth season of the USL Championship and fourth under Division II sanctioning. This was the second season under the name "USL Championship", having used the name "United Soccer League" through 2018. Rea ...

Suffered season ending knee injury on February 21 , February 21, 2020 , October 3, 2020 , , - , DF ,

Abdul Rwatubyaye Abdul Rwatubyaye (born 23 October 1996) is a Rwandan footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Ca ...

, Duration of the

, February 21, 2020 , October 3, 2020 , , - , DF , Sebastian Anderson ,

, Duration of the

, February 21, 2020 , October 3, 2020 , , - , GK , Abraham Rodriguez ,

, Duration of the

, February 21, 2020 , October 3, 2020 , , - , FW , Matt Hundley ,

, Duration of the

, February 21, 2020 , October 3, 2020 , , - , MF , Will Vint ,

, Duration of the

, March 6, 2020 , October 3, 2020 ,

References

{{2020 in American soccer Colorado Rapids seasons

Background

Overview

Roster

Out on loan

Competitions

Preseason

Friendlies

Major League Soccer

Standings

= Western Conference

=Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

MLS is Back Tournament

Group stage

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Transfers

In

Loans in

SuperDraft

Out

Loans out

See also

References