| Club: | Colorado Rapids |
| Season: | 2017 |
| League: | Major League Soccer |
| Chairman: | Stan Kroenke |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Pablo Mastroeni |
| Cup1: | MLS Cup Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | Did not qualify |
| Cup2 Result: | Lost 3-1 to FC Dallas in the Fifth Round |
| Cup3: | Rocky Mountain Cup |
| League Topscorer: | Dominique Badji (6) |
| Season Topscorer: | Dominique Badji (7) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,586 (June 3 vs. CLB) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 13,496 (June 21 vs. LA) |
| Average Attendance: | 15,250 |
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| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 Colorado Rapids season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their 22nd season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| Date | Pos. | Player | Previous club | Fee/notes | No. | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2017 |  Kortne Ford | DF | [1] | ||||
| January 6, 2017 |  Ricardo Perez | MF | Creighton Bluejays | ||||
| January 23, 2017 | Alan Gordon | FW | LA Galaxy | Free Agent signing | |||
| January 24, 2017 |  Nana | MF | Manchester City | Transfer | |||
| March 4, 2017 | Sam Hamilton | MF | Denver Pioneers | MLS SuperDraft | |||
| March 14, 2017 | Mike da Fonte | DF | Sacramento Republic | Free Transfer | |||
| March 31, 2017 | Josh Gatt | MF | Minnesota United FC | Traded | |||
| March 31, 2017 |  Mohammed Saeid | MF | Minnesota United FC | Traded | |||
| July 26, 2017 | Stefan Aigner | MF | 1860 Munich | Free signing | |||
| August 10, 2017 | Luis Gil | MF | Orlando City SC | Traded |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | No. | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2016 | Joseph Greenspan | DF | Minnesota United FC | Traded | |||
| December 12, 2016 |  Sean St. Ledger | DF | Option declined | ||||
| December 12, 2016 | Marco Pappa | MF | CSD Municipal | Option declined | |||
| December 12, 2016 | Zach Pfeffer | MF | Option declined | ||||
| December 12, 2016 | Conor Doyle | FW |  Puerto Rico FC | Option declined | |||
| December 12, 2016 | Jermaine Jones | MF | LA Galaxy | Out of contract | |||
| December 12, 2016 |  Sebastian Le Toux | MF | D.C. United | Out of contract | |||
| March 31, 2017 | Marc Burch | DF | Minnesota United FC | Traded | |||
| March 31, 2017 | Sam Cronin | MF | Minnesota United FC | Waived | |||
| August 10, 2017 | Dillon Powers | MF | Orlando City SC | Traded |
Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
See main article: 2017 Desert Diamond Cup.
See main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season.
See main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Colorado Rapids on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Colorado Rapids during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | MLS | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 14 | Dominique Badji | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Kevin Doyle | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 94 | Marlon Hairston | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | FW |  | 11 | Shkëlzen Gashi | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | | 16 | Alan Gordon | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 17 | Dillon Serna | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Eric Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 24 | Kortne Ford | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF |  | 26 | Dennis Castillo | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 29 | Caleb Calvert | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF |  | 22 | Micheal Azira | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 20 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Tim Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | DF | Mike da Fonte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Eric Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | Mekeil Williams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 6 | | MF | Sam Cronin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | MF | Dillon Powers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Kevin Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | MF | Shkëlzen Gashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | FW | Dominique Badji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | MF | Sam Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | FW | Alan Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | FW | Nana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | MF | Micheal Azira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | DF | Bobby Burling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | DF | Kortne Ford | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 26 | | DF | Dennis Castillo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 29 | | FW | Caleb Calvert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 33 | | DF | Jared Watts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 44 | | DF | Axel Sjöberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 45 | | MF | Joshua Gatt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 90 | | MF | Mohammed Saeid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 94 | | MF | Marlon Hairston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 44 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 4 | |||||