2009 Colorado Rapids season

Colorado Rapids

2009 season

Owner

Stan Kroenke

Coach

Gary Smith

Major League Soccer

6th

Average home league attendance

13,018^[1]

Home colors

Away colors

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The 2009 Colorado Rapids season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It began on March 21 with a 2-1 loss at Chivas USA and ended on October 24 with a 3-0 loss to Real Salt Lake. The result put RSL in the playoffs as the 8th seed and kept Colorado out on goal differential.

Squad

First-team squad

As of June 20, 2009.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Jordan Harvey
3	DF	Drew Moor
5	DF	Ty Harden
6	MF	Greg Dalby
7	DF	Cory Gibbs
8	MF	Mehdi Ballouchy
9	FW	Conor Casey
10	FW	Facundo Diz
12	FW	Pat Noonan
13	FW	Ross Schunk
14	FW	Omar Cummings
15	MF	Jacob Peterson
17	GK	Preston Burpo

No.	Position	Player
18	GK	Matt Pickens
19	MF	Ciaran O'Brien (on loan at Montreal Impact)
20	MF	Jamie Smith
21	DF	Julien Baudet
22	MF	Nick LaBrocca
23	MF	Colin Clark
25	MF	Pablo Mastroeni (captain)
26	DF	Michael Holody (on loan at Real Maryland)
27	MF	Kosuke Kimura
29	DF	Scott Palguta
31	GK	Steward Ceus (on loan at Charlotte Eagles)
35	DF	Rob Valentino

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Paul Bravo
Head Coach	Gary Smith
Assistant Coach	Steve Guppy
Goalkeeper Coach	David Kramer

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: Colorado Rapids

Other information

Owner	Stan Kroenke
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Dick's Sporting Goods Park (18,776 / N/A)

Source: Colorado Rapids

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS		—		March 21, 2009

Last updated: April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Club	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Western Conference
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	48	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5
2	Houston Dynamo	48	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10
3	Seattle Sounders FC	47	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9
4	Chivas USA	45	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3
5	Real Salt Lake	40	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8
6	Colorado Rapids	40	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4
7	FC Dallas	39	30	11	13	6	50	47	+4
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14


	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs
	2009 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)


Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Columbus Crew !Columbus Crew (SS) (E1)	49	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
2	LA Galaxy !LA Galaxy (W1)	48	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ²
3	Houston Dynamo !Houston Dynamo	48	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	2010 North American SuperLiga ³
4	Seattle Sounders FC !Seattle Sounders FC	47	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ²
5	Chicago Fire !Chicago Fire	45	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	2010 North American SuperLiga ³
6	Chivas USA !Chivas USA	45	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3
7	New England Revolution !New England Revolution	42	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4
8	Real Salt Lake !Real Salt Lake	40	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage ²
9	Colorado Rapids !Colorado Rapids	40	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4
10	D.C. United !D.C. United	40	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1
11	FC Dallas !FC Dallas	39	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3
12	Toronto FC !Toronto FC	39	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round ¹
13	Kansas City Wizards !Kansas City Wizards	33	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9
14	San Jose Earthquakes !San Jose Earthquakes	30	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14
15	New York Red Bulls !New York Red Bulls	21	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20

^Note 1 - Toronto FC cannot qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, as it is a Canadian-based team. If they qualify for an automatic berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the next highest placed team not already qualified will be given a berth. Similarly, they cannot qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League through MLS. Rather, they can qualify through the Canadian Soccer Championship. If they qualify for the Champions League through MLS, then the highest placed team not already qualified will qualify.

^Note 2 - The winner of the 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield (Columbus Crew) and the winner of MLS Cup 2009 (Real Salt Lake) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage. The runner-up of MLS Cup 2009 (Los Angeles Galaxy) and the winner of the 2009 U.S. Open Cup (Seattle Sounders) qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round.

^Note 3 - SuperLiga 2010 berths are awarded to the top 4 finishing teams from MLS who do not qualify for Champions League (Houston, Chicago, Chivas USA and New England).

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	40	10	10	10	42	38	+4	8	2	5	25	10	+15	2	8	5	17	28	−11

Last updated: October 25, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	T	L	T	W	T	T	W	T	W	T	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	T	T	T	T	L	L

Last updated: October 25, 2009.
Source: Colorado Rapids
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Tie Loss

MLS

March 21, 2009	Chivas USA	2 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California USA
	Harris 51' Nagamura 55' Nagamura 59' Nagamura 61' Marsch 73'	Report	Cummings 30' Clark 62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,453 Referee: Terry Vaughn

March 28, 2009	Colorado Rapids	2 – 1	Kansas City Wizards	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
	Gibbs 22' Cooke 65' Kimura 67' Cummings 74'	Report	Kraus 63' Leathers 64' Gomez 82'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,885 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

April 4, 2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 3	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California USA
	Gonzalez 37' Gordon 48'	Report	Casey 1' Gibbs 46+' Casey 49' Casey 63' Ballouchy 66' Casey 84'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 16,709 Referee: Michael Kennedy

April 11, 2009	Columbus Crew	1 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Columbus, Ohio USA
	Ekpo 29' Schelotto 41'	Report	Gibbs 26' Palguta 68' Casey 82' Burpo 94+'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 19, 2009	Houston Dynamo	1 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas, USA
	Ching 20' Clark 34' Davis 63'	Report	Casey 25' Clark 28' Mastroeni 58' Cummings 73'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 12,708 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 25, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Clark 60'	Report	Donovan 82'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 12,180 Referee: Alex Prus

May 2, 2009	Colorado Rapids	2 – 0	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	LaBrocca 11' Ihemelu 37' Kimura 60'	Report	Olave 41' Findley 54' Beckerman 86'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

May 16, 2009	New England Revolution	1 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Foxborough, Massachusetts USA
	Phelan 4' Ralston 18'	Report	Casey 3' Casey 41' Cummings 50'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,677 Referee: Shane Moody

May 23, 2009	Colorado Rapids	2 – 2	Seattle Sounders FC	Commerce City, Colorado USA
19:30 MDT	Clark 26' Casey 47' Ihemelu 67'	Report	Montero 17' Jaqua 28' Hurtado 57' Vagenas 61' Jaqua 76'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,528 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

May 30, 2009	New York Red Bulls	2 – 3	Colorado Rapids	East Rutherford, New Jersey USA
	Angel 45' (pen.) Goldthwaite 59' Borman 73' Borman 80' Angel 82'	Report	Casey 25' Casey 48' Ballouchy 60' Palguta 71' Pickens 77'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 12,039 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 6, 2009	Real Salt Lake	1 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah USA
	Espindola 22' Russell 73', 82' Movsisyan 79' Mathis 87'	Report	Ballouchy 3' LaBrocca 45' Ihemelu 76' Cummings 88'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,546 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

June 20, 2009	Colorado Rapids	3 – 0	D.C. United	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Cummings 11' Gibbs 12' Cummings 43' Clark 49'	Report	John 22' Wallace 53'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,416 Referee: Michael Kennedy

June 24, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 1	FC Dallas	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Cummings 84'	Report	Ferreira 37'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,583 Referee: Jair Marrufo

June 28, 2009	Seattle Sounders FC	3 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington USA
13:00 PST	Ljungberg 19' Montero 23' Jaqua 48' Jaqua 68' Evans 71'	Report	Ihemelu 17' Mastroeni 29' Palguta 41'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 32,526 Referee: Alex Prus

July 4, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 2	Chicago Fire	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Gibbs 24' Peterson 76' Casey 80'	Report	Pappa 30' Conde 37'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 19,680 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

July 11, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	FC Dallas	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Ihemelu 13' LaBrocca 17' Kimura 79' Ballouchy 84' Dalby 89'	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 8,128 Referee: Yader Reyes

July 18, 2009	D.C. United	3 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Washington, D.C. USA
	Fred 29' Moreno 47' (pen.) Namoff 56' Emilio 61'	Report	Namoff 14' (o.g.) Mastroeni 48' Casey 84'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 18,248 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 25, 2009	Colorado Rapids	4 – 0	New York Red Bulls	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Peterson 5' Baudet 34' Noonan 46' LaBrocca 61' Ballouchy 67'	Report	Krupnik 33' Ubiparipovic 45' Petke 68'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,816 Referee: Jasen Anno

August 1, 2009	Colorado Rapids	0 – 1	Columbus Crew	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Ihemelu 60', 84'	Report	Marshall 39' Garey 47+'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,851 Referee: Yader Reyes

August 8, 2009	Colorado Rapids	4 – 0	Chivas USA	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Mastroeni 1' Casey 4' 23' 47+' (pen.) Mastroeni 66'	Report	Marsch 40' Thomas 46+'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,364 Referee: Alex Prus

August 23, 2009	Chicago Fire	3 – 2	Colorado Rapids	Bridgeview, Illinois USA
	Blanco 72' (pen.) Banner 85' Robinson 85', 93+' Robinson 93+'	Report	Cummings 48' 58' Casey 65' Kimura 71' Cummings 82' Gibbs 91+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,789 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

August 30, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Harvey 42' Baudet 55' Mastroeni 64' Casey 91+'	Report	Landin 72' Davis 87'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,897 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 5, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 0	Toronto FC	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Conor Casey 51' Michael Holody 84'		Amadou Sanyang 21', 76' Adrian Serioux 84'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,821 Referee: Terry Vaughn

September 12, 2009	Toronto FC	3 – 2	Colorado Rapids	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	De Rosario 19' Attakora 21' Barrett 67' White 71' Attakora 74'	Report	Casey 49' Holody 89'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,521 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

September 18, 2009	San Jose Earthquakes	1 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Santa Clara, California USA
	Johnson 8' Leitch 94+' McDonald 95+'	Report	Baudet 33' Casey 95+' (pen.)	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

September 23, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 1	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Casey 93+' (pen.)	Report	Wondolowski 67' (pen.) Cannon 91+'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 26, 2009	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Kansas City, Kansas USA
	Harrington 75'	Report	Ballouchy 74' Kimura 93+' Casey 95+'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 9,784 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

October 3, 2009	Colorado Rapids	1 – 1	New England Revolution	Commerce City, Colorado USA
	Ballouchy 9' Casey 58' (pen.) Baudet 59'	Report	Dube 29' Osei 63'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 16,535 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 17, 2009	FC Dallas	2 – 1	Colorado Rapids	Frisco, Texas USA
	John 4' Hernandez 51' McCarty 58' Sala 62' Ihemelu 66' John 75' Harris 85'	Report	Gibbs 3' LaBrocca 78' Noonan 71' Holody 82'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 15,243 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

October 24, 2009	Real Salt Lake	3 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah USA
	Findley 15' Williams 25' Findley 33' Borchers 35' Beckerman 58' Movsisyan 85'	Report	Baudet 18' Casey 39' Movsisyan 86'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,675 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

U.S. Open Cup qualification

April 7, 2009 Qualification	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 – 0 (2 – 4 p)	Colorado Rapids	Carson, California USA
	Gonzalez 41' Marshall 63' Magee 109'	Report	Dalby 36'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 6,219 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
		Penalties
	Gordon Klein Jordan Magee		Cummings Ballouchy Clark Ihemelu

May 26, 2009 Qualification	Seattle Sounders FC	1 – 0	Colorado Rapids	Tukwila, Washington USA
	Forrest 62'	Report	Harvey 78'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Tony Russo

References

↑ "USA Major League Soccer - Attendance - 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
↑ "Major League Soccer: Players: Main". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

External links

2009 Schedule

Major League Soccer

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Former teams

Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996–2001)
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Competition

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The Club	History Players Seasons Records Academy All articles

Stadiums	Mile High Stadium Sports Authority Field at Mile High Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Affiliated Clubs	Charlotte Independence USL

Culture	Class VI The Front Range Centennial Firm Pid Army Bulldog Supporters

Rivalries	Rocky Mountain Cup

Key Personnel	Owner E. Stanley Kroenke Manager Pablo Mastroeni

Major Honors (1)

MLS Cup (1)	2010

Major League Soccer

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2009 MLS season by team

SuperDraft All-Star Game Playoffs MLS Cup Transfers

Eastern	Chicago Fire Columbus Crew D.C. United Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Toronto FC

Western	Chivas USA Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC

2009 in American soccer

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Leagues

Men	Major League Soccer United Soccer Leagues First Division Second Division Premier Development League Major Indoor Soccer League 2008–09 2009–10 Professional Arena Soccer League 2008–09 2009–10 National Premier Soccer League

Women	Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) W-League Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2008–09
- 2009–10
SuperLiga
Pan-Pacific Championship

National teams

Men	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF Fourth Round) FIFA Confederations Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup FIFA U-20 World Cup CONCACAF U-20 Championship FIFA U-17 World Cup CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Women	Algarve Cup

Team seasons

MLS

USL-1

Austin Aztex
Carolina RailHawks
Charleston Battery
Cleveland City Stars
Miami FC
Minnesota Thunder
Montreal Impact
Portland Timbers
Puerto Rico Islanders
Rochester Rhinos
Vancouver Whitecaps

USL-2

Bermuda Hogges
Charlotte Eagles
Crystal Palace Baltimore
Harrisburg City Islanders
Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Real Maryland Monarchs
Richmond Kickers
Western Mass Pioneers
Wilmington Hammerheads

WPS

Boston Breakers
Chicago Red Stars
FC Gold Pride
Los Angeles Sol
Saint Louis Athletica
Sky Blue FC
Washington Freedom

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