#18 - 2003-2004
2003 was the start of the questionable decision to make our identity black and blue, and it sucked. The 2003-04 away was the bottom of that list and the home joins it here. I mean, what about that says Colorado Rapids other than literal words across the chest?
#17 - 2006
Generally the Adidas kits were better than the Athletica ones, which is why this isn't in last, but its not great. The black shoulders and the black arc around the chest just gives it a weird cloak-like look that doesn't work.
#16 - 2005
The last of the black and blue kits, this one at least tried to do something with the fuzzy lines and the collar looks better than the 2006 version. There's a reason you don't see this trio around at games very often, this is an era that should be forgotten, at least kit-wise.
#15 - 2007-2008
The first of the burgundy kits were certainly an improvement over the prior color scheme (putting aside the whole rebranding debacle) but as the burgundy shirts go this is my least favorite. The 'Rapids' across the front just looked minor league and the collar never impressed me.
#14 - 2026-2028(?)
Probably the first controversial take in this list. Yeah, current home kit sucks. We're the burgundy boys, we play in burgundy. Not black with burgundy highlights. And how do you call a black kit 'Colorful Colorado'? This gets the end over the first burgundy because it is a good looking kit, just not as a home kit for a burgundy team.
There's no clear announcement for when we'll swap this one out, with the schedule change. What I've heard is that the normal winter new kit will arrive as planned before the sprint season, for us that would be a new away kit. Then we'd keep this home kit through the sprint season and the first fall-spring season, before swapping it out in the summer of 2028.
#13 - 2020-2021
We're now at the point where the kits go from "yeah, that's fine" to top-tier. None of these are bad, they're just various levels of good enough to great. In this case the 2020 one was good enough. The only thing that puts me off a bit is the gradient in the kit from the left shoulder to the right side contrasting with the Adidas strips going over the right shoulder. Something about the clash in direction doesn't sit right.
#12 - 2011-12
This is about as close as you can get to a base burgundy shirt. There's nothing wrong with it but there's nothing that stands out. It got a one spot boost over #13 because its the first one to have a star on the kit.
#11 - 2014-15
This was a better way of incorporating the flag than the away kits I rated in the last article. I liked that big C across the front back when a jersey sponsor was a long shot for us. The white sleeves set off nicely from it as well.
Next up, the top 10 away kits!
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