Commerce City may have a slightly different accent for the next 10 days as the England U-20 team arrives for training ahead of the July 29 U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Images of Brian Mullan’s tackle of Steve Zakuani launched an internal debate on what we can see and what we should see. Ultimately, the awfulness also revealed that there is a humanity on the playing field that goes well beyond “just a game.”

‘El Tri’ returns to Mile High to take on New Zealand on June 1. Ticket sales start on Monday for Colorado Rapids season ticket holders. General public sales begin on Friday.

Colorado’s 26 college teams start taking to the field for preseason scrimmages and exhibitions. Looking down the road, there are some intriguing matches on the schedule this fall.

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! This is George Tanner, and I’m deep in the heart of Texas, folks. A new job, a full-time job, has taken me to Corpus Christi, on western edge of the glorious Gulf of Mexico, and that means my days as shopkeeper of ColoradoSoccerNow.com are at an end. Click on this post to see what’s next for the site. The photo above is a billboard just south of Amarillo (and I publish this pic with apologies to my vegetarian wife).

Former Colorado Rapids coach Fernando Clavijo is looking for Frantz Mathieu, who was his assistant coach when he guided Haiti in World Cup qualifying in 2003. Mathieu has been missing since a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti on January 12.

Folks, I have a question from a reader. Denise Grady, a loyal fan of the Colorado Rapids and the University of Colorado soccer team, wants to know if there are any public viewing venues for games of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Can a $130 shopping spree at an online soccer shop provide the foundation for a soccer-based Christmas for one family? Take a look at the results …

It has come to my attention that a group of parents and students is trying to organize a soccer program at the middle-school level in Manitou Springs, where I went to junior high and high school. I think offering soccer in middle school or junior high is a no-brainer and is not done enough at schools in Colorado.