2023 Colorado Rapids season

The 2023 Colorado Rapids season was the club's twenty-eighth season in existence and their twenty-eighth consecutive season in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top flight of American soccer.

Background
Colorado finished the 2022 season 10th in the Western Conference table, and 18th overall in MLS. They did not qualify for the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs. Additionally, they were knocked out of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League in the round of 16 by Guatemalan side Comunicaciones F.C., and were eliminated from the 2022 U.S. Open Cup in the round of 32 by Minnesota United FC. They lost the Rocky Mountain Cup to Real Salt Lake.

Appearances and goals
Numbers after plus–sign (+) denote appearances as a substitute.

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Top scorers
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75|MLS !width=75|US Open Cup !width=75|Leagues Cup !width=75|Total !colspan="4"|Total !! 26 !! 7 !! 2 !! 35
 * rowspan=1| 1
 * MF || 23 || 🇺🇸 Cole Bassett
 * 6 || 0 || 0 || 6
 * rowspan=2| 2
 * FW || 7 || 🇺🇸 Jonathan Lewis
 * 1 || 3 || 0 || 4
 * FW || 11 || Diego Rubio
 * 3 || 0 || 1 || 4
 * rowspan=1| 4
 * FW || 12 || 🇨🇴 Michael Barrios
 * 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
 * rowspan=6| 5
 * DF || 5 || Andreas Maxsø
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * DF || 6 || 🇬🇭 Lalas Abubakar
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * MF || 8 || 🇧🇷 Max
 * 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
 * DF || 13 || 🇺🇸 Andrew Gutman
 * 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
 * FW || 28 || Sam Nicholson
 * 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
 * FW || 91 || 🇫🇷 Kévin Cabral
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * rowspan=6| 11
 * DF || 4 || Danny Wilson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 9 || 🇧🇷 Rafael Navarro
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 14 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Calvin Harris
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 20 || 🇮🇪 Connor Ronan
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 29 || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 34 || 🇺🇸 Michael Edwards
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 9 || 🇧🇷 Rafael Navarro
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 14 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Calvin Harris
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 20 || 🇮🇪 Connor Ronan
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 29 || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 34 || 🇺🇸 Michael Edwards
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 29 || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 34 || 🇺🇸 Michael Edwards
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1

Top assists
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75|MLS !width=75|US Open Cup !width=75|Leagues Cup !width=75|Total !colspan="4"|Total !! 20 !! 6 !! 1 !! 27
 * rowspan=1 | 1
 * MF || 20 || 🇮🇪 Connor Ronan
 * 8 || 0 || 0 || 8
 * rowspan=1 | 2
 * FW || 14 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Calvin Harris
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
 * rowspan=2 | 3
 * FW || 11 || Diego Rubio
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * FW || 12 || 🇨🇴 Michael Barrios
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * rowspan=12 | 5
 * DF || 4 || Danny Wilson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 7 || 🇺🇸 Jonathan Lewis
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 8 || 🇧🇷 Max
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 9 || 🇧🇷 Rafael Navarro
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 15 || 🇺🇸 Danny Leyva
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * DF || 16 || 🇦🇺 Alex Gersbach
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 23 || 🇺🇸 Cole Bassett
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 28 || Sam Nicholson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 29 || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 77 || 🇺🇸 Darren Yapi
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 91 || 🇫🇷 Kévin Cabral
 * 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 97 || 🇨🇦 Ralph Priso
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 28 || Sam Nicholson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * MF || 29 || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 77 || 🇺🇸 Darren Yapi
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 91 || 🇫🇷 Kévin Cabral
 * 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 97 || 🇨🇦 Ralph Priso
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * FW || 91 || 🇫🇷 Kévin Cabral
 * 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
 * MF || 97 || 🇨🇦 Ralph Priso
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
 * 0 || 1 || 0 || 1

Clean sheets
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75|MLS !width=75|US Open Cup !width=75|Leagues Cup !width=75|Total !colspan="4"|Total !! 9 !! 0 !! 0 !! 9
 * colspan=1| 1
 * GK
 * 22 || 🇺🇸 William Yarbrough
 * 7 || 0 || 0 || 7
 * colspan=1| 2
 * GK
 * 1 || 🇷🇸 Marko Ilić
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2
 * 1 || 🇷🇸 Marko Ilić
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 2

Disciplinary record
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;|sent off: !width=34; background:#ff8888;|sent off: !colspan="4"|Total !! 81 !! 2 !! 2 !! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 89 !! 2 !! 2
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|Rank
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|No.
 * rowspan="2" !width=15|Pos.
 * rowspan="2" !width=120|Player
 * colspan="3"|MLS
 * colspan="3"|US Open Cup
 * colspan="3"|Leagues Cup
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * colspan="3"|Total
 * rowspan=1| 1
 * 97 || MF || 🇨🇦 Ralph Priso
 * 8 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=1| 2
 * 6 || DF || 🇬🇭 Lalas Abubakar
 * 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 0
 * rowspan=1| 3
 * 91 || FW || 🇫🇷 Kévin Cabral
 * 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=4| 4
 * 4 || DF || Danny Wilson
 * 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0
 * 21 || MF || Bryan Acosta
 * 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0
 * 28 || FW || Sam Nicholson
 * 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0
 * 64 || DF || 🇨🇦 Moïse Bombito
 * 5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 0
 * rowspan=1| 8
 * 23 || MF || 🇺🇸 Cole Bassett
 * 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=1| 9
 * 29 || MF || 🇦🇷 Braian Galván
 * 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
 * rowspan=6| 10
 * 2 || DF || 🇺🇸 Keegan Rosenberry
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * 8 || MF || 🇧🇷 Max
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * 11 || FW || Diego Rubio
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * 12 || FW || 🇨🇴 Michael Barrios
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * 20 || MF || 🇮🇪 Connor Ronan
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * 77 || FW || 🇺🇸 Darren Yapi
 * 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=4| 16
 * 5 || DF || Andreas Maxsø
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * 9 || FW || 🇧🇷 Rafael Navarro
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * 10 || MF || Sidnei Tavares
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * 15 || MF || 🇺🇸 Danny Leyva
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=7| 20
 * 2 || DF || 🇺🇸 Keegan Rosenberry
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 7 || FW || 🇺🇸 Jonathan Lewis
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 12 || FW || Luis Diaz
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 13 || DF || 🇺🇸 Andrew Gutman
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 19 || MF || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Price
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 27 || DF || 🇺🇸 Sebastian Anderson
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 31 || DF || 🇺🇸 Anthony Markanich
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * 15 || MF || 🇺🇸 Danny Leyva
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0
 * rowspan=7| 20
 * 2 || DF || 🇺🇸 Keegan Rosenberry
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 7 || FW || 🇺🇸 Jonathan Lewis
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 12 || FW || Luis Diaz
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 13 || DF || 🇺🇸 Andrew Gutman
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 19 || MF || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Price
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 27 || DF || 🇺🇸 Sebastian Anderson
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 31 || DF || 🇺🇸 Anthony Markanich
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 19 || MF || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jack Price
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 27 || DF || 🇺🇸 Sebastian Anderson
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 31 || DF || 🇺🇸 Anthony Markanich
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
 * 31 || DF || 🇺🇸 Anthony Markanich
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when the Rapids officially signed the players to the roster. For transfers out, dates are listed when the Rapids officially removed the players from the roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with a different club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed remains when he was officially removed from the roster.

SuperDraft
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.