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Full name | Colorado Rapids 2 | ||
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Nickname(s) | Rapids 2 | ||
Founded | December 6, 2021 | ||
Stadium | Denver Soccer Stadium Denver, Colorado | ||
Capacity | 2,000 | ||
General manager | Brian Crookham | ||
Head coach | Erik Bushey | ||
League | MLS Next Pro | ||
2023 | 1st, Western Conference Playoffs: Conference Finals | ||
Website | Club website | ||
Colorado Rapids 2 is a professional soccer club based in Denver, Colorado area that competes in the MLS Next Pro league, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of, the Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. The team was announced as a member of MLS Next Pro on December 6, 2021. [1]
On December 6, 2021, Colorado Rapids was named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new MLS Next Pro league beginning in the 2022 season. Rapids announced that the team would be titled Colorado Rapids 2, and that Brian Crookham would serve as general manager. [1]
On February 10, 2022, Rapids announced Erik Bushey as head coach and former Trinidad and Tobago international player Brian Haynes as assistant coach. [2]
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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47 | MF | Yosuke Hanya (at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) | Japan |
Season | MLS Next Pro | Playoffs | Top Scorer | ||||||||||||
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P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Conf. | Overall | Player | Goals | |||
2022 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 56 | -23 | 31 | 1.29 | 9th | 17th | Did not qualify | Dantouma Toure | 8 |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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Erik Bushey | United States | February 10, 2022 | Present | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 56 | 29.17 |
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