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Colorado Rapids 2 is a professional soccer club based in Denver, Colorado area that competes in the MLS Next Pro league, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of, the Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. The team was announced as a member of MLS Next Pro on December 6, 2021. [1]
Colorado Rapids U–23 were an American soccer team based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado. Originally founded in 2000 as part of the development system for the Colorado Rapids , the team played in the Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid .
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, [8] also known as DSG Park, [9] [10] is a soccer-specific stadium located in Commerce City, Colorado, that is home to the Colorado Rapids men's professional soccer team. The stadium seats up to 18,061 people for soccer matches, but can accommodate up to 19,734 for special soccer events and 27,000 for concerts.
The team had sought a soccer-specific stadium as early as 1999 due to the lack of control at Mile High. [54] The team's first home stadium was Mile High Stadium, a large American football venue shared with the Denver Broncos. The Rapids played there until September 8, 2001, and had an average attendance of over 13,000 for most matches.
In November 2024, the NWSL announced that Denver was one of three finalists, alongside Cincinnati and Cleveland, to become the league's 16th team which would begin play in 2026. [3] Sportico reported the next month that the league had narrowed down its options to Denver and was negotiating an expansion fee of US$105–120 million .
It is home to the Denver Pioneers men's and women's soccer teams of the University of Denver. Other teams that use/have used the stadium for their home games are Colorado Rapids 2 of the MLS Next Pro and PRO Rugby team, Denver Stampede.
Denver is the least populous of the 13 U.S. cities with teams from four major sports.. The Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) have drawn crowds of over 70,000 since their AFL origins in the early 1960s at Mile High Stadium and continue to draw fans today to their current home Empower Field at Mile High.