The Rapids are 13-3-5 all-time on the 4th of July - all at home - and eight times the winning goal has been scored after the 69th minute. However, since moving over to Dick's Sporting Goods Park in 2007, the team has only won three of nine matches (3-2-5) on Independence Day (though, in 2011, the game was played on July 3 instead of the 4th).
Ahead of Tuesday's Independence Day match against Seattle Sounders FC (TICKETS), let's re-live the matches that have gone before.
July 4, 1996 (W 2-1 vs. New York/New Jersey MetroStars): The MetroStars visited Mile High Stadium in the inaugural Independence Day match and took the lead in the 58th minute on a goal from Tab Ramos.