2007 Colorado Rapids season

Colorado Rapids

2007 season
Stadium	Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Western Conference (MLS)	4 (9-13-8)
MLS Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Champions League	Did not qualify
North American SuperLiga	Did not qualify
Home colors Away colors

The 2007 Colorado Rapids season was the twelfth season of the Colorado club franchise. The team entered the season having been eliminated from the 2006 MLS Playoffs in the Conference Finals. The Rapids, however, enter as the defending champions of the MLS Reserve Division.

For 2007, the Rapids revealed new team colors, uniforms and crest. The Colorado Rapids begin play in their new soccer-specific stadium, Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Offseason

2006 Colorado Rapids

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Joe Cannon 2 DF  USA Hunter Freeman 3 DF  USA Eric Denton 4 DF  USA Dan Gargan 5 MF  USA Kyle Beckerman 7 FW  USA Jovan Kirovski 8 FW  USA Luchi Gonzalez 9 FW  USA Clint Mathis 10 MF  CMR Alain Nkong 11 MF  ENG Terry Cooke 12 DF  USA Mike Petke 13 FW  LBR Melvin Tarley 14 FW  HAI Fabrice Noël 15 FW  USA Jacob Peterson 16 DF  USA Chris Wingert

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ESP Aitor Karanka 20 FW  ARG Nicolas Hernández 21 DF  USA Matt Crawford 22 GK  USA Matt Jordan 23 MF  USA Colin Clark 24 GK  SEN Bouna Coundoul 25 MF  USA Pablo Mastroeni 26 DF  USA Jordan Harvey 27 DF  USA Stephen Keel 30 FW  BRA Thiago Martins 31 FW  BLR Sasha Gotsmanov 32 FW  USA Aaron King 33 MF  USA Daniel Wasson NA GK  USA Peter Dzubay

Changes for the 2007 MLS Season

In

• Ugo Ihemelu Traded from Los Angeles
• Herculez Gomez Traded from Los Angeles
• Nico Colaluca Signed as draft pick
• Omar Cummings Signed as draft pick
• John DiRaimondo Signed as draft pick
• Justin Hughes Signed as draft pick
• Kosuke Kimura Signed as draft pick
• Nick LaBrocca Signed as draft pick
• José Cancela Traded from Toronto FC
• Conor Casey Traded from Toronto FC
• Brandon Prideaux Traded from D.C.
• Zach Thornton Traded from Chicago
• Facundo Erpen Traded from D.C.
• Mehdi Ballouchy Traded from Real Salt Lake
• Daniel Osorno Free Transfer
• Tony Sanneh Traded from Chicago

Out

• Kyle Beckerman Traded to Real Salt Lake for Mehdi Ballouchy
• Greg Vanney Traded to D.C. for Facundo Erpen
• Joe Cannon Traded to Los Angeles
• Matt Crawford Released by team
• Eric Denton Released by team, rights subsequently traded to New York Red Bulls
• Hunter Freeman Traded to New York Red Bulls
• Luchi Gonzalez Released by team, subsequently signed with Miami FC of the USL-1
• Sasha Gotsmanov Released by team, subsequently signed with Minnesota Thunder of the USL-1
• Matt Jordan Released by team
• Aitor Karanka Released by team
• Aaron King Released by team. Joined Charleston Battery of USL-1
• Thiago Martins Transferred to Bodø/Glimt of the Norwegian Adeccoligaen
• Clint Mathis Traded to New York Red Bulls
• Fabrice Noël Released by team
• Alain Nkong Released by team
• Riley O'Neill Traded to Toronto FC
• Melvin Tarley Released by team, subsequently signed with Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL-1
• Roberto Brown Released by team

2007 MLS SuperDraft

Round/Pick	Player	Position	College
1/6[1]	Nico Colaluca	Midfielder	Virginia
2/17[2]	Greg Dalby	Midfielder	Notre Dame
3/31[3]	Omar Cummings	Forward	Cincinnati
3/35[4]	Nick LaBrocca	Midfielder	Rutgers
3/36	Justin Hughes	Goalkeeper	North Carolina

Chance at a comeback

2007 final roster

As of October 21, 2007 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SEN Bouna Coundoul 2 DF  USA Jordan Harvey 3 DF  ARG Facundo Erpen 4 DF  USA Dan Gargan 6 DF  USA Brandon Prideaux 7 FW  USA Jovan Kirovski 8 MF  MAR Mehdi Ballouchy 9 MF  URU José Cancela 10 FW  USA Herculez Gomez 11 MF  ENG Terry Cooke 12 DF  USA Mike Petke 13 DF  USA Stephen Keel 14 FW  JAM Omar Cummings 15 FW  USA Jacob Peterson

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  MEX Daniel Osorno 18 DF  USA Ugo Ihemelu 20 FW  ARG Nicolas Hernández 21 MF  USA Nico Colaluca 22 MF  USA Nick LaBrocca 23 MF  USA Colin Clark 25 MF  USA Pablo Mastroeni (captain) 26 FW  USA Conor Casey 27 MF  JPN Kosuke Kimura 28 MF  USA John DiRaimondo 29 DF  USA Tony Sanneh 30 GK  USA Justin Hughes 31 GK  USA Zach Thornton 32 DF  USA Clifton Wilmes

Western Conference standings

Western Conference
Team		Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	y-Chivas USA	53	30	15	7	8	46	28	18
2	x-Houston Dynamo	52	30	15	8	7	43	23	20
3	x-FC Dallas	44	30	13	12	5	37	44	-7
4	Colorado Rapids	35	30	9	13	8	29	34	-5
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	30	9	14	7	38	48	-10
6	Real Salt Lake	27	30	6	15	9	31	45	-14

x = Clinched playoff berth
y = Clinched home field for Conf. Champ.

Last Updated 2016-07-19

Results by round

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
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L

Source: Colorado Rapids
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

1. from New York for Jean Philippe Peguero.
2. from Salt Lake. Colorado traded the rights of Jordan Cila to Salt Lake for their 2nd round pick.
3. from Los Angeles. Colorado receives Los Angeles' 3rd round pick when Cornell Glen played less than 16 games during the 2006 MLS season.
4. from Dallas. Colorado receives Dallas' 3rd round pick for the use of their Youth International slot in 2006.

External links

• 2007 Colorado Rapids Schedule
• 2007 Colorado Rapids Stats