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Colorado Rapids 2010 soccer season
Colorado Rapids
2010 season
Owner
Stan Kroenke
Coach
Gary Smith
Major League Soccer
7th
MLS Cup
Champions
U.S. Open Cup
Did not qualify
Rocky Mountain Cup
Runners-up
Average home league attendance
13,329
Biggest win
COL 4-1PHI (9/29)
Biggest defeat
CLB 3-1COL (8/21) RBNY 3-1COL (9/11)
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2010 Colorado Rapids season was the fifteenth year and season of the club's existence. It was Colorado's fifteenth year in Major League Soccer, and the fifteenth consecutive year for the club in the top-flight of American soccer.
Following a disappointing ninth-place finish in the regular season, head coach Gary Smith began to revamp and overhaul the roster, making numerous inexpensive moves to sign low-key MLS players to fit the salary cap demands at one of few franchises with no Designated Players.[citation needed] The Rapids were able to improve slightly in the MLS regular season, finishing in seventh place, scoring fifteen goals and conceding only four in their last six home games. The team finished their final ten league matches with a 4–3–3 record.[citation needed] In the MLS Cup Playoffs, Colorado were seeded in the Eastern Conference and defeated Columbus in a penalty shoot out. They then won 1–0 against San Jose at home, in a one leg tie, for the conference championship.[1] The Rapids advanced to the MLS Cup final and defeated FC Dallas 2–1 after extra time for their first league championship.[2]
In addition to MLS and MLS Cup Playoffs, Colorado advanced through the qualification rounds of the U.S. Open Cup before being knocked out 3-0 by New York in the fourth round.
^Reilly, Allie (November 18, 2020). "Oral History: Players and Staff Describe the 2010 Season, Cup Final in Their Own Words". ColoradoRapids.com. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^Meyer, John (November 22, 2010). "Rapids revel in 'surreal' MLS Cup win". The Denver Post. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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Global Information
Stan Kroenke
Gary Smith
