Colorado Rapids Women
{{short description|American women's soccer team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2023}}
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| founded = 1996
| stadium = Stermole Soccer Stadium
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| chairman = Aaron Nagel
| coach = Andrew Kummer
| league = Women's Premier Soccer League
| season = 2019
| position = 2nd, Mountain Conference
Playoffs: DNQ
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Colorado Rapids Women is an American women's soccer team, founded in 1996. The team is a member of the women's premier soccer league and plays in the Central Conference's Mountain Region. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second highest tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Western Conference against the Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, Pali Blues, Santa Clarita Blue Heat, Seattle Sounders Women, and Bay Area Breeze.
The team played its home games at [https://minesathletics.com/facilities/?id=1 Stermole Soccer Stadium] in the city of Golden, Colorado. The club's colors are Burgundy, Sky Blue, and White.
On July 23, 2012 the Colorado Rapids Women won the North American USL Super20 League championship staged at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. They defeated D.C. United Super20 1-0 in the Final crowning the Rapids Super20 North American Champions for 2012.
In their inaugural 2019 WPSL Season, the Rapids Women placed 2nd in the Central Region's Mountain Conference with a record of 8-2-0.
Players
=Current roster=
(As of July 2019)
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{{Fs player|no=00|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=MacKenzie Egan|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=Brittany Wilson|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Natalie Beckman|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Gabrielle Miranda|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Abby Gearhart|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Alesia Garcia|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Coriana Dyke|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Morgan Kennedy|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Shalom Prince|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Jessie Hix|other=}}
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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Skylar Anderson|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Fran Garzelloni|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Carolyn Anschutz|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Myah Isais|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Mari Annest|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Mallory Mooney|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Keelie Wortmann|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Civana Kuhlmann|other=}}
{{Fs end}}
Coaching staff
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{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head Coach |s={{flagicon|United States of America}} Andrew Kummer}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|United States of America}} Peter May}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeper Coach |s={{flagicon|United States of America}} Jeff Oleck}}
{{Fb cs footer|u=May 11, 2013 |s=[http://www.coloradorapids.com/women/contacts]|date=May 2017}}
Previous head coaches
Year-by-year
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Division !League !Reg. Season !Playoffs |
| 2003
|2 |USL W-League |5th, Western | |
| 2004
|1 |USL W-League |8th, Western | |
| 2005
|1 |USL W-League |6th, Western | |
| 2006
|1 |USL W-League |5th, Western | |
| 2007
|1 |USL W-League |5th, Western | |
| 2008
|1 |USL W-League |6th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2009
|1 |USL W-League |7th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2010
|1 |USL W-League |6th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2011
|1 |USL W-League |7th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2012
|1 |USL W-League |4th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2013
|1 |USL W-League |4th, Western |Did not qualify |
| 2019
|1 |WPSL |N/A |N/A |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://rapidsyouthsoccer.org/wpsl/ Colorado Rapids Women]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130528024035/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2013/22324.html#MAIN Colorado Rapids Women on USL Soccer]
- [https://www.wpslsoccer.com/news_article/show/1023508 Colorado Rapids Women WPSL Expansion]
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{{US Women's soccer}}
Category:Women's soccer clubs in Colorado
Category:Soccer clubs in Colorado
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) teams