On Tuesday, the Colorado Rapids will host Metro State in this year’s version of the Burgundy & Blue Game. ColoradoSoccerNow caught up with Roadrunners men’s soccer coach Ken Parsons for a preview of what it will be like to take the field at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and scrimmage a Major League Soccer team.

The Metro State men’s soccer team will host Regis at noon Saturday at the Auraria fields.

The Major League Soccer players union has released its annual update of salaries. Here, we take a look at the Colorado Rapids’ salaries for the 2009 season.

The Denver Dynamite rallied for four straight second-half goals but ultimately could not beat Tigres Dorados MRCI Oaxaca, falling 10-9 in the opening round of the Professional Arena Soccer League championship tournament on Friday in Stockton, Calif.

Stephen Keel — blogger for the Rapids Undercurrent; one of Denver’s 24 most eligible bachelors, according to 5280 magazine; Banana Republic employee; and Colorado Rapids defender — was waived by the team on Friday.

Striker Conor Casey scored on a penalty kick in the 38th minute as the Colorado Rapids defeated the Seattle Sounders FC in a closed-door exhibition today at Qwest Field in Seattle.

All five games from the Professional Arena Soccer League’s championship tournament will be broadcast live on the Internet this weekend, including the Denver Dynamite’s match against Tigres Dorados MRCI Oaxaca at 8 p.m. today.

For its final tuneup before a World Cup qualifier later this month against Costa Rica in Mexico City, the Mexican national team chose a high-altitude venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. And not only did the Mexicans perform at a high level at roughly one mile high, they delighted in playing on the ample ground at Dick’s. Mexico gobbled up the wide pitch en route to a 5-1 victory over Bolivia in a friendly Wednesday night in Commerce City.

And here’s Bolivia’s starting 11. …

El Tri has announced its starting lineup for tonight’s friendly against Bolivia.