Results: Colorado's first 17 Home Openers
Saturday's opener at FC Dallas was the earliest match in the club's history and 13th time the club has started a season on the road. Next week, the Rapids make the season debut at Dick's Sporting Goods Park when they host the Philadelphia Union on March 9 at 4 p.m. MT.
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Although only kicking off a season five times at home (4-1-0), the Rapids have an impressive 11-2-4 all-time combined record in the first home match of each season, and are riding a nine-game undefeated streak. The last time the Rapids lost a home opener was on April 12, 2003, a 2-1 defeat to San Jose.
Here are the results of the club's first 17 home openers (white box indicates it was also the season opener)
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DATE |
Opponent | Results | Attendance | Goal Scorers |
| 4/21/96 | Dallas | W 3-1 | 21,711 | COL: Balboa (48,64) Bartlett (57); DAL: Kerr (59) |
| 4/5/97 | Columbus | W 2-0 |
15,325 |
COL: Wegerle (24) Harris (59) |
| 4/4/98 | Los Angeles | L 0-1 |
19,252 |
LA: Mello (28) |
| 4/10/99 | Miami | W 4-1 | 15,592 |
COL: own goal (48) Harris (49,77) Dely Valdes (62); MIA: Serna (54) |
| 4/8/00 | Tampa Bay |
W 1-0 |
17,105 |
COL: DiGiamarino (74) |
| 4/14/01 | MetroStars | T 1-1 (OT) |
18,495 |
NY: Alvarez (19); COL: Balboa (83) |
| 3/30/02 | San Jose |
W 1-0 |
25,010 |
COL: Chung (4) |
| 4/12/03 | San Jose |
L 1-2 |
20,816 |
COL: Roberts (46); SJ: Ching (0:53) Dunivant (22) |
| 4/17/04 | Los Angeles |
T 1-1 |
13,417 |
COL: Jean Philippe (9); LA: Ruiz (20) |
| 4/9/05 | Dallas | T 0-0 |
9,253 |
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| 4/8/06 | Columbus | W 3-1 |
12,124 |
COL: Kirovski (34) Beckerman (50) Noel (67); CLB: Marshall (10) |
| 4/7/07 | D.C. United |
W 2-1 |
18,086 |
COL: Gomez (19) Brown (35); DC: Emilio (79) |
| 3/29/08 | Los Angeles | W 4-0 |
18,713 |
COL: Cooke (10) C. Gomez (59) Cummings (66) Clark (80) |
| 3/28/09 | Kansas City | W 2-1 |
11,885 |
COL: Cooke (65) Cummings (74); KC: Kraus (69) |
| 4/3/10 | Chicago | T 2-2 |
11,641 |
COL: Cummings (13) Casey (41); CHI: John (26) McBride (51) |
| 3/19/11 | Portland | W 3-1 |
17,139 |
COL: Larentowicz (8) Cummings (29) Smith (30); POR: Cooper (80) |
| 3/10/12 | Columbus | W 2-0 |
14,746 |
COL: Moor (44) Amarikwa (89) |
| 3/9/13 | Philadelphia |
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