Jordan Harvey, left, guards Toronto’s Dwayne De Rosario at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park during the 2009 season. On Wednesday, Harvey was selected by Philadelphia in the MLS expansion draft.
(photo by Tom Auclair/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Jordan Harvey, Scott Palguta and Preston Burpo (above, from left) are among the Rapids players available to be selected by the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday in the Major League Soccer expansion draft. Other Rapids left unprotected included Mehdi Ballouchy and Jacob Peterson. (photos, from left, by Tom Auclair/ColoradoSoccerNow.com, Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com, Prost Amerika Soccer, Seattle)

Irie Dennis, Ashley Botts and Kayla Addison scored as the Grand Valley State women’s soccer team eliminated the Colorado School of Mines 3-0 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon in Denver. The Lakers advanced to the Division II Final Four in Tampa, Fla.; the season ended at 19-5-1 for Kayla Mitchell, above, and the Orediggers. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

The top-ranked Fort Lewis College men’s soccer team is headed to Tampa, Florida, for the Final Four to try to claim the NCAA Division II title for the second time in school history. The Skyhawks defeated No. 15 Cal State-Dominguez Hills 1-0 on Sunday afternoon in Durango.

Former University of Denver and Colorado Rapids defender and Colorado Soccer Now favorite Nat Borchers will be playing in MLS Cup 2009 today in Seattle as his Real Salt Lake squad takes on the Los Angeles Galaxy. Borchers was the only member of Real Salt Lake to start all 30 games this season, playing 2,679 of the team’s 2,700 minutes. He scored one goal and was named the team’s MVP. (photo courtesy of Major League Soccer)

After 110 minutes of scoreless play on Friday in Denver, goalkeeper Briana Schulze made three saves in the penalty kick shootout as Mines won 4-3 and advanced to Sunday’s NCAA quarterfinals. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Reuters is reporting today that French captain Thierry Henry has admitted that he handled the ball in the build-up to a controversial goal that sent France to the World Cup at the expense of Ireland on Wednesday. Check out the video and make up your own mind. …

Three separate lists of the best 11 players in Major League Soccer each list one Rapids player. But it’s not Conor Casey, above, on all three lists. Intrigued? Check out the lists of the league’s best players as determined by MLS, the du Nord soccer blog and yours truly. … (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Becca Mays scored her second goal of the game with about four minutes remaining in overtime to give the No. 4 Metropolitan State College women’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA tournament on Sunday. The Roadrunners will face No. 21 Colorado Mines, which beat Fort Lewis College in Durango, at noon on Friday in Denver. Above, Ashley Nemmers, right, and Mays celebrate in OT. (photo courtesy Metropolitan State College)

Kayla Mitchell And Allison Heeg scored as the Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team defeated RMAC tournament champion Fort Lewis 2-1 on Sunday at Dirks Field in Durango.