2011 Colorado Rapids season
| 2011 season | |||
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| Owner |
 Stan Kroenke
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| Coach |
 Gary Smith
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| Major League Soccer | 6th | ||
| CONCACAF Champions League | Group Stage | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Qualification Round 2 | ||
| MLS Cup | Conference semi-finals | ||
| Rocky Mountain Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Average home league attendance | 14,140 | ||
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The 2011 Colorado Rapids season was the club's seventeenth year of existence, as well as its sixteenth season in Major League Soccer, and its sixteenth consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.
The Rapids will be entered the season as the defending MLS Cup champions.
The Colorado Rapids are coming off a season, where the club's success was highlighted by winning the MLS Cup, their first postseason title in the process. It was the first time in 17 years that a soccer club based in Colorado won any league/cup title, the last being the Colorado Foxes of the APSL.
In MLS regular season play, the Rapids finished in 7th place overall. The club was eliminated during the top-tier qualification propers of U.S. Open Cup, losing 3–0 to Red Bull New York in the fifth round play-in match.
In the Rocky Mountain Cup derby series against cross-mountain rivals, Real Salt Lake, the clubs tied one another 3–3 in season play. Because of this, the Cup was retained by Salt Lake for the third-consecutive year.
As of September 11, 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:
Last updated: November 13, 2011
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Last updated: August 13, 2011.
Source: MLS Results & League table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
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