Pablo Mastroeni has been fired in his fourth season as coach of the Rapids with 12 games remaining in the season, a league source has told The Denver Post. Assistant coach Steve Cooke will take over as interim coach.
The Rapids are 6-12-4 this season and are in next to last place in the Western Conference. Under Mastroeni’s leadership the Rapids went 38-51-35 and finished last or next to last every season except 2016, when they finished second at 15-6-13, defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy in the playoffs and reached the Western Conference finals.