Colorado Rapids U-23

Colorado Rapids U23's
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Full name	Colorado Rapids U23's
Nickname(s)	Rapids
Founded	2000
Ground	Pleasant View Field
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Rodrigo García
Manager	Peter Ambrose
League	USL Premier Development League
2008	in progress
Home colours	Away colours

Colorado Rapids U23's is an American soccer team, founded in 2000 as part of the development system for the Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer team. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference against teams from Des Moines, Kansas City, Springfield, St. Louis and Thunder Bay. Until 2002 they were known as Boulder Nova. From 2003 through 2006, they were known as the Boulder Rapids Reserve.

The Rapids play their home games primarily at Pleasant View Field in the city of Boulder, Colorado, but occasionally also hold games at Boulder High School in Boulder. The team's colors are claret, baby blue and white.

The team has historically had a strong showing in the league. In 2002 they advanced to the PDL championship game, which they lost the final to the Cape Cod Crusaders. The Rapids again made it to the championship game after the 2004 season, but lost in the final to Central Florida Kraze. The team has also won back-to-back division titles in their Conference in 2005 and 2006.

2008 Roster

as at June 29, 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Sean Moloney
2	DF	USA	Tyler Ruthven
3	MF	USA	Jacob Schmoker
4	MF	USA	Daniel Tresslar
5	MF	USA	James Nummy
6	MF	USA	Brad Stisser
7	DF	USA	Bo Miller
8	MF	USA	Payne Lewis
9	FW	USA	J.T. Howlen
10	MF	USA	Mike Seth
12	MF	USA	Sterling Copeland
14	DF	USA	Brian Beckford
15	MF	USA	Zach Prince
16	DF	USA	Brandon Tucker
17	MF	USA	Dominic Adams


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	USA	Nicholas Cardenas
20	MF	USA	Collen Warner
22	FW	USA	Samuel Charles
23	FW	USA	Willian Moura
25	GK	USA	Joe Willis
26	FW	USA	Miguel Valles
28	MF	USA	Tyler Stanley
—	DF	USA	Sola Abolaji
—	DF	USA	Jeb Brovsky
—	MF	ENG	Mick Galeski
—	DF	JPN	Masaki Hemmi
—	DF	USA	Michael Lind
—	FW	USA	Bradley Peters
—	MF	USA	Noe Sanchez

File:Boulderrapids.jpg

Old Boulder Rapids Reserve logo 2003-2006

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2000	4	USL PDL	3rd, Rocky Mountain	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2001	4	USL PDL	2nd, Rocky Mountain	Conference Finals	Did not qualify
2002	4	USL PDL	2nd, Heartland	Final	Did not qualify
2003	4	USL PDL	4th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2004	4	USL PDL	2nd, Heartland	Final	3rd Round
2005	4	USL PDL	1st, Heartland	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2006	4	USL PDL	1st, Heartland	Conference Semifinals	Did not qualify
2007	4	USL PDL	5th, Heartland	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	USL PDL	in progress		Did not qualify