2014 Colorado Rapids season

Colorado Rapids
2014 season
Owner	Stan Kroenke
Head coach	Pablo Mastroeni
Major League Soccer	Western Conference: 8th ; Overall: 17th
U.S. Open Cup	Fifth round
Highest home attendance	18,432 ; vs. Columbus Crew (July 4)
Lowest home attendance	10,086 ; vs. Chivas USA (May 11)
Average home league attendance	14,567
Home colors	Away colors
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OwnerStan Kroenke

Head coachPablo Mastroeni

Major League SoccerWestern Conference: 8th
Overall: 17th

U.S. Open CupFifth round

The 2014 Colorado Rapids season was the club's nineteenth season of existence, and their nineteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American and Canadian soccer pyramids.

Finishing eighth in the West and seventeenth overall, the Rapids failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, after previously qualifying last year. Despite an upper-mid table performance to start the season, the club was plagued heavily by injuries, causing the team to go winless in their final fourteen matches of the season, twelve of which, were losses. In the U.S. Open Cup, the Rapids won their first fixture against Orlando City, 5–2. In the fifth round, they fell to the Atlanta Silverbacks. Additionally, they were unable to defend their Rocky Mountain Cup title, losing to rivals, Real Salt Lake.

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Clint Irwin
2	MF	USA	Nick LaBrocca
3	DF	USA	Drew Moor
4	DF	USA	Marc Burch
5	DF	AUT	Thomas Piermayr
6	MF	ESP	José Mari
7	FW	URU	Vicente Sánchez
8	MF	USA	Dillon Powers
9	FW	USA	Edson Buddle
10	FW	PAN	Gabriel Torres
11	MF	USA	Brian Mullan
12	GK	USA	John Berner
13	FW	USA	Kamani Hill
15	DF	USA	Chris Klute
16	DF	USA	John Neeskens
17	MF	USA	Dillon Serna (HGP)
19	FW	CMR	Charles Eloundou
21	MF	USA	Grant Van De Casteele
22	DF	USA	Marvell Wynne
23	GK	USA	Joe Nasco
26	FW	JAM	Deshorn Brown (GA)
27	MF	USA	Shane O'Neill (HGP)
28	MF	USA	Davy Armstrong (HGP)
33	MF	USA	Jared Watts
44	DF	USA	Gale Agbossoumonde
55	FW	COD	Danny Mwanga
57	DF	USA	Carlos Alvarez
94	MF	USA	Marlon Hairston (GA)
—	MF	USA	Tony Cascio (on loan at Houston Dynamo)

Position	Name
Technical director	Paul Bravo
Head coach	Pablo Mastroeni
Assistant coach	John Metgod
Assistant coach	Steve Cooke
Assistant coach/Goalkeepers	Chris Sharpe
Director of Team Operations	Jeff Mathews
Team Administrator	Erik Carlson
Head Athletic Trainer	Jamie Rojas
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Michael Heitkamp
Equipment Manager	Brandy Lay

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
January 7, 2014	Marvin Chávez	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Acquired in exchange for Atiba Harris	^[3]
February 12, 2014	Joe Nasco	GK	Atlanta Silverbacks		^[4]
March 4, 2014	José Marí	MF	Real Zaragoza		^[5]
April 4, 2014	Thomas Piermayr	DF	Lillestrøm SK		^[6]
May 8, 2014	Gale Agbossoumonde	DF	Toronto FC	Acquired in a three team trade, Colorado sent Marvin Chávez to Chivas USA	^[7]
May 14, 2014	John Neeskens	DF	Unattached	Signed on a Free Transfer	^[8]
July 1, 2014	Carlos Alvarez	MF	Chivas USA	Acquired in exchange for Nathan Sturgis	^[9]

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 2, 2013	Diego Calderón	DF		Option Declined, later signed with LDU Quito	^[10]
December 4, 2013	Jaime Castrillón	MF		Option Declined	^[11]
December 6, 2013	Steward Ceus	GK		Option Declined	^[12]
December 9, 2013	Jamie Smith	MF		Option Declined, later retired	^[13]
December 9, 2013	Brian Mullan	MF		Option Declined, later re-signed	^[13]^[14]
January 7, 2014	Atiba Harris	MF	San Jose Earthquakes	Sent in exchange for Marvin Chávez	^[3]
January 21, 2014	Tony Cascio	MF	Houston Dynamo	Sent on interleague loan for the 2014 MLS Season in exchange for an international roster slot	^[15]
February 10, 2014	Anthony Wallace	DF	Tampa Bay Rowdies
February 12, 2014	Hendry Thomas	MF	FC Dallas	Sent in exchange for allocation money	^[16]
February 18, 2014	Kory Kindle	DF		Retired to go back to school	^[17]
March 20, 2014	Matt Pickens	GK	New England Revolution	Waived, later claimed by New England	^[18]
May 8, 2014	Marvin Chávez	MF	Chivas USA	Sent in a three team trade, Colorado received Gale Agbossoumonde from Toronto FC	^[7]
June 11, 2014	Brenton Griffiths	MF		Released	^[19]
July 1, 2014	Nathan Sturgis	MF	Chivas USA	Sent to Chivas USA in exchange for Carlos Alvarez	^[9]

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 12, 2013	Marc Burch	MF	Seattle Sounders FC	2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft 1st Stage, 1st Round, 11th Overall Pick	^[20]
January 16, 2014	Marlon Hairston	MF	University of Louisville	2014 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round, 12th Overall Pick, Generation Adidas	^[21]
January 16, 2014	Grant Van De Casteele	DF	University of Notre Dame	2014 MLS SuperDraft 1st Round, 19th Overall Pick	^[22]
January 16, 2014	Jared Watts	MF	Wake Forest University	2014 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round, 33rd Overall Pick	^[23]
January 16, 2014	John Berner	GK	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	2014 MLS SuperDraft 2nd Round, 35th Overall Pick	^[24]
January 21, 2014	Tolani Ibikunle	DF	Wake Forest University	2014 MLS SuperDraft 3rd Round, 48th Overall Pick	^[25]
January 21, 2014	Albert Edward	DF	Lindsey Wilson College	2014 MLS SuperDraft 4th Round, 68th Overall Pick	^[25]

2014 Colorado Rapids season

Club

Roster

Technical Staff

Transfers

Transfers In

Transfers Out

Draft picks

Competitions

Preseason

MLS

U.S. Open Cup

Standings

Major League Soccer

Western Conference standings

Overall table

Results summary

Results by round

Statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Goalkeeping

Disciplinary record

References

Related Articles

February 2, 2014 Scrimmage	Houston Dynamo	2–3	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas, U.S.
	Cascio 16' Barnes 38'	Report	Serna 12' Brown 47' Torres 86'	Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

February 6, 2014 Scrimmage	Houston Baptist Huskies	0–3	Colorado Rapids	Houston, Texas, U.S.
		Report	Brown 12' Serna 68' Galindo 76'	Stadium: Houston Amateur Sports Park

February 14, 2014 Scrimmage	UNLV Rebels	0–2	Colorado Rapids	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
2:00 pm PST		Report	Chávez 60' Sánchez 78'	Stadium: Johann Field

February 16, 2014 Las Vegas ProSoccer Challenge	Chivas USA	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
7:30 pm PST	Torres 19' (pen.) Rosales 59' Bautista 83' (pen.)	Report	Brown 16' Guzman 59'	Stadium: Sam Boyd Stadium

February 19, 2014 2014 Desert Diamond Cup	Chicago Fire	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
3:30 pm MST	Ward 37' Amarikwa 40'	Report	Torres 68'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 22, 2014 2014 Desert Diamond Cup	Colorado Rapids	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
3:30 pm MST	Brown 69'	Report	Wingert 30'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 26, 2014 2014 Desert Diamond Cup	Chivas USA	0–0	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
1:00 pm MST		Report	Sánchez 32' Watts 45+'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

March 1, 2014 2014 Desert Diamond Cup	New England Revolution	2–2	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
3:30 pm MST	Bunbury 5' Rowe 38' Mullins 58' Imbongo 85'	Report	Buddle 25' LaBrocca 35' José Mari 55' Sánchez 82' Chávez 85'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

March 15, 2014 1	New York Red Bulls	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Harrison, New Jersey, U.S.
4:00 pm EDT	Henry 57' Sam 79' Armando 85'	Report	Brown 61' Sánchez 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,542 Referee: Alan Kelly

March 22, 2014 2	Colorado Rapids	2–0	Portland Timbers	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
4:00 pm EDT	Powers 63' Sánchez 73' (pen.) Brown 75' José Marí 84' 90'	Report	Ricketts 71' Andrew Weber 74'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,135 Referee: Mark Geiger

April 5, 2014 4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3:30 pm PDT	Laba 54' 77' Mattocks 67'	Report	Hill 25' Burch 65' José Marí 79', 81' Eloundou 80' Irwin 90+6'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Ioannis Stravrides

April 12, 2014 5	Toronto FC	0–1	Colorado Rapids	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4:00 pm EDT	Caldwell 17'	Report	Buddle 77'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,591 Referee: David Gantar

May 17, 2014 11 Rocky Mountain Cup	Real Salt Lake	2 - 1	Colorado Rapids	Sandy, Utah, U.S.
7:30 pm MDT	Plata 23' Grossman 33' Mulholland 44' Morales 52' (pen.) 64' Stertzer 90+3'	Summary	Moor 83'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,489 Referee: Mark Geiger

June 7, 2014 15	FC Dallas	3 - 2	Colorado Rapids	Frisco, Texas, U.S.
7:30 pm CDT	Escobar 33' Loyd 45+2' Luccin 49' Castillo 62'	Report	Serna 18' Brown 25' José Marí 52' LaBrocca 76'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 16,209 Referee: Kevin Stott

March 29, 2014 3	Colorado Rapids	2–3	Sporting Kansas City	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
4:00 pm MDT	Wynne 43' 85' Sánchez 60' (pen.), 78' (pen.) LaBrocca 89' Sturgis 90+3'	Report	Kronberg 29' Zusi 50' Nagamura 72' Feilhaber 79' Dwyer 90+2'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 12,203 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

April 19, 2014 6	Colorado Rapids	0–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
6:00 pm EDT		Report	Görlitz 15' Harris 25' Jahn 87'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 12,306 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

April 26, 2014 7	Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
1:00 PM PDT	Neagle 45+1' Dempsey 47', 52' Martins 75'	Report	Piermayr 26' Torres 37' Serna 62'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,582 Referee: Armando Villarreal

May 3, 2014 8	Colorado Rapids	1–0	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	Sánchez 20'	report	Juninho 88' Samuel 90+3'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,040 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

May 7, 2014 9	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Colorado Rapids	Santa Clara, California, U.S.
7:30 pm PDT	Bernárdez 78'	Report	Eloundou 43'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,388 Referee: Ismail Elfath

May 11, 2014 10	Colorado Rapids	1–3	Chivas USA	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
3:00 pm MDT	LaBrocca 70' Brown 90+2'	Report	Torres 56' Rivero 61' Chávez 67', 76' 68'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,086 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 24, 2014 12	Colorado Rapids	4 - 1	Montreal Impact	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	Powers 5' (pen.) 84' Hill 54' O'Neill 58' 90+2' Moor 72'	report	Lefevre 40' Romero 88'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,616

June 1, 2014 13	Colorado Rapids	3 - 0	Houston Dynamo	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
6:00 pm MDT	Brown 5', 35' Hill 51'	Report	Creavalle 40'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,470 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 4, 2014 14	Colorado Rapids	0 - 0	Chicago Fire	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	Watts 85'	Report	Joya 20' Watson 78'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,402 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

June 28, 2014 16	Colorado Rapids	2 - 0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	Powers 20' Sánchez 36' (pen.) LaBrocca 87'	Summary	Reo-Coker 54'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,978 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 4, 2014 17	Colorado Rapids	1 - 1	Columbus Crew	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:30 pm MDT	Moor 30' Eric Gehrig (OG) 59' Sanchez 79' O'Neill 90+1'	Summary	Finlay 76'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,432 Referee: Geoff Gamble

July 12, 2014 18	Philadelphia Union	3 - 3	Colorado Rapids	Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
7:00 pm EDT	Casey 16' Lahoud 29' 77' Williams 31' Wenger 74' Okugo 90+4'	Summary	O'Neill 12' Serna 18' LaBrocca 34' Powers 79' (pen.) Brown 87'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,679 Referee: Sorin Stoica

July 18, 2014 19	Portland Timbers	2 - 1	Colorado Rapids	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
8:00 pm PDT	O'Rourke 45' Urruti 72' Valeri 77'	Summary	Brown 16' Powers 37'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,814 Referee: Ismail Elfath

July 26, 2014 20	Colorado Rapids	3–0	Chivas USA	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	LaBrocca 16' Moor 26' Torres 74'	Report Box Score	Sturgis 36'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,652 Referee: Jair Marrufo

July 30, 2014 21	New England Revolution	3 - 0	Colorado Rapids	Foxborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
7:30 pm EDT	Nguyen 10' 75' Mullins 72' Rowe 78'	Summary	Piermayr 31' 74' Irwin 74'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,831 Referee: Juan Guzmán

August 2, 2014 22 Rocky Mountain Cup	Colorado Rapids	0 - 1	Real Salt Lake	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 PM MDT		Summary	Morales 14' Wingert 34' Maund 47' Beckerman 62' Beltran 84'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,554 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 9, 2014 23	FC Dallas	3 - 1	Colorado Rapids	Frisco, Texas, U.S.
8:00 pm CDT	Hedges 9' Michel 11' (pen.) 87' Castillo 55' Moffat 71' Akindele 74'	Report	LaBrocca 43' Buddle 71' José Mari 73' Torres 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Referee: Jose Rivero

August 17, 2014 24	D.C. United	4 - 2	Colorado Rapids	Washington, D.C., U.S.
8:00 pm EDT	Silva 12' 67' Arnaud 68' Kitchen 72' Rolfe 81' Espíndola 86'	Summary	LaBrocca 3' Klute 43' Serna 52' Brown 90+1'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,814 Referee: Allen Chapman

August 20, 2014 25	Colorado Rapids	3 - 4	LA Galaxy	Commerce City, Colorado, U.S.
7:00 pm MDT	Hairston 14' Buddle 17' Burch 30'	Report Box Score	Keane 20' Gonzalez 55' Gordon 68' Donovan 80' Sarvas 85'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 14,011 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 30, 2014 26	Seattle Sounders FC	1 - 0	Colorado Rapids	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
1:00 pm PDT	Evans 40' Dempsey 57' Scott 62'	[Report http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-08-30-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-colorado-rapids/recap]	Piermayr 33' Brown 84'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,934 Referee: Hilario Grajeda