Conor Casey holds the ball in a 2009 match against Chivas USA at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Casey was named to the MLS Best XI team (and the ColoradoSoccerNow.com team, too).
(photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey has been named to the Major League Soccer Best XI team.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team remains at No. 4 in Division II this week. Fort Lewis, which tied Regis 2-2 and beat CSU-Pueblo 3-1 to slip to third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings, dropped one spot in the national poll to 13th. Mines, which finished in second place in the RMAC's regular season, was at No.

Here are the matchups for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's and women's soccer tournaments:

WOMEN
Wednesday
No. 6 Colorado-Colorado Colorado Springs at No. 3 Fort Lewis, 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Mesa State at no. 4 Regis, 2 p.m.

Friday at Metro State
UCCS-Fort Lewis winner vs.

The University of Colorado soccer team will be the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 soccer tournament, which starts at 1 p.m. (Mountain time) Wednesday against sixth-seeded Texas at the Blossom Soccer Complex in San Antonio.

And now, courtesy of CU, here is a massive list of facts about the Buffs, the Longhorns and the Big 12 tournament:

• This is CU's second time as the #3 seed at the Big 12 championships.

The Metropolitan State College women's team improved to 17-1 and climbed from No. 6 to No. 4 in the most recent poll by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Fort Lewis moved up one spot in the rankings.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 West Florida
2 Saint Rose (N.

Fort Lewis College goalkeeper Zane Wells directs traffic in front of the Skyhawks' goal in a game this month against Regis University. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Fort Lewis College goalkeeper Zane Wells and Colorado School of Mines goal scorer Kayla Mitchell have been named the men's and women's academic soccer players of the year by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Once again, The Tuesday List examines the national rankings in Division II women's and men's soccer. No Colorado teams were among the top 25 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's weekly Division I poll.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 West Florida
2 Saint Rose (N.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team (11-1) remained sixth in the nation after posting a pair of 5-0 victories during the weekend, on Friday against Adams State and Sunday against Nebraska-Kearney. Fort Lewis also had two games with the same score on Friday and Sunday: The Skyhawks (11-1-1) started the weekend with a 2-0 victory over CSU-Pueblo and followed it up two days later with a 2-nil victory over New Mexico Highlands.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team climbed from 13th to sixth in the nation in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's weekly poll of coaches. Fort Lewis moved up from 18th to 11th.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 Seattle Pacific (Wash.)
2 West Florida
3 Saint Rose (N.

In what's becoming a tradition around here, The Tuesday List examines the latest NSCAA polls. No Colorado teams were in the women's or men's Division I poll, although New Mexico (the big rival of the University of Denver's men's team) did receive some votes. Oklahoma State, which lost to Colorado this year, is 26th in the women's poll.

This week, there are two women's teams from Colorado in the Division 1 Top 25, as voted on by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. And Colorado College received some votes. Here are the polls:

DIVISION I WOMEN
1 North Carolina
2 Portland
3 Stanford
4 UCLA
5 Florida State
6 Boston College
7 Florida 0
8 Wake Forest
9 California
10 Virginia
11 Purdue
12 Santa Clara
13 South Carolina
14 Notre Dame
15 Georgia
16 Rutgers
17 Texas A&M
18 San Diego
19 Central Florida
20 Maryland
21 Denver
22 Indiana
23 Colorado
24 Oklahoma State
25 Ohio State
Also receiving votes: Illinois 79, West Virginia 72, Pepperdine 67, Arizona State 62, Kansas 54, St.

The Tuesday List took a two-week vacation early in the college soccer season, but it's back today because the National Soccer Coaches Association of America has released its Top 25 lists. A few Colorado teams have made the Division II rankings, including the men and women from the Colorado School of Mines.

Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey was voted Major League Soccer's player of the week for week 21 of the 2009 season.

Casey scored three first-half goals on Saturday in the Rapids' 4-0 victory against Chivas USA. It was Casey's second hat trick of the season, and this marks the third time this season Casey has received the MLS weekly honor.

Today, we look at the Rapids' wins, losses and ties against Chivas USA. The Rapids are 5-5-4 against the Goats in the history of the team, but Chivas USA is 5-2-3 after 2005, the year it joined Major League Soccer:

2005
Colorado 2, Chivas 1
Colorado 3, Chivas 1
Colorado 3, Chivas 1
Colorado 1, Chivas 1

2006
Chivas 4, Colorado 1
Colorado 1, Chivas 1
Colorado 3, Chivas 3
Chivas 1, Colorado 0

2007
Chivas 2, Colorado 0
Colorado 1, Chivas 1
Colorado 2, Chivas 1

2008
Chivas 2, Colorado 1
Colorado 2, Chivas 1

2009
Chivas 2, Colorado 1

I was going to pick out some interesting facts about the All-Star Game and make some lists out of them (three Colombian MLS All-Stars: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Fredy Montero, Wilman Conde). But I thought it might be more valuable to readers just to have the rosters, especially Everton's. So here they are:

EVERTON FC
Carlo Nash, goalkeeper, Bolton, England
Tim Howard, goalkeeper, New Brunswick, N.

Today, The Tuesday List takes a look at the final goal-scoring totals for Colorado's two W-League teams. Each team played 12 games in the regular season.

COLORADO FORCE
Lisa Franke, 4 goals
Nikki Marshall, 4 goals
Emmalie Pfankuch, 4 goals
Jessica Boots, 1 goal
Monica Dolinsky, 1 goal
Carly Peetz, 1 goal
Molly Thomas, 1 goal

REAL COLORADO COUGARS
Kellyn Farrell, 4 goals
Taryn Hemmings, 3 goals
Becca Mays, 2 goals
Jenna Owens, 2 goals
Brianna Pugh, 2 goals
Brittney Macdonald, 1 goal
Beth West, 1 goal
Brianne Young, 1 goal

As the Colorado Rapids prepare to face FC Dallas in a Major League Soccer fixture for the second time in less than three weeks, The Tuesday List looks at the Dallas Burn's draft class of 1996.

The team had one pick in each of 16 rounds of the inaugural MLS draft. The players selected have some interesting coaching accomplishments, quite a bit of international experience and some Colorado ties.

With the Chicago Fire heading to Commerce City for Saturday's big Fourth of July match, The Tuesday List does a little comparison between the Fire's and Rapids' results this season.

The Colorado Rapids have been shut out two times this season:
1) Houston 1, Rapids 0, April 19 at Houston
2) Seattle 3, Rapids 0, June 28 at Seattle

The Chicago Fire, the Rapids' opponent on Saturday, also has been shut out twice:
1) Dallas 3, Chicago 0, May 31
2) Houston 1, Chicago 0, June 5

The Rapids have allowed more than two goals only once so far in 2009:
1) Seattle 3, Rapids 0, June 28 at Seattle

The Fire has allowed more than two goals twice so far:
1) San Jose 3, Chicago 3, April 11
2) Dallas 3, Chicago 0, May 31

And here's a little something extra.

Today we'll take a look at the leading goal scorers for our two W-League teams in the state, the Real Colorado Cougars and the Colorado Force.

The Force has just reached the halfway point in its W-League season. Lisa Franke scored twice on Sunday to give the team its first victory, a 2-0 decision over Los Angeles.

A day after the Colorado Rapids announced they'd acquired Pat Noonan for a draft pick and some cash, The Tuesday List takes a look at his goal-scoring production through the years.

2009, Columbus, 5 games, 0 goals
2008, Columbus, 11 games, 1 goal
2007, New England, 27 games, 7 goals
2006, New England, 14 games, 1 goal
2005, New England, 21 games, 8 goals
2004, New England, 29 games, 11 goals
2003, New England, 28 games, 10 goals

That's a total of 38 goals in 135 regular-season games for Noonan.

We've been working on ColoradoSoccerNow.com for three solid months, and we've built up a pretty good following so far.

On Monday, we added readers in three countries: Finland, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.

So for this week's edition of The Tuesday List, we present a roll call of all of the nations to have visited our Web site in this short period:

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Ireland
France
Germany
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Pakistan
Puerto Rico
Russia
Italy
Spain
Brazil
Switzerland
Japan
Argentina
Mexico
Israel
Greece
China
Costa Rica
Denmark
India
Iceland
U.

Colorado Rapids striker Conor Casey is leading Major League Soccer's race for the Golden Boot, but Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman is making a run at the league's Golden Ankle award.

He is tied for the league lead with five yellow cards in 11 matches.

So as the Rapids prepare to travel to Utah to face RSL on Saturday, The Tuesday List looks at yellow cards and fouls.

Because of the holiday (and a busy week previewing the season opener for the Colorado Force) this week's Tuesday List comes on Friday and (as a bonus) comes in two parts.

Today we take a look at the Colorado Rapids' leaders in minute played.

810: Colin Clark
810: Jordan Harvey
793: Conor Casey
791: Ugo Ihemelu
785: Omar Cummings
711: Mehdi Ballouchy
710: Nick LaBrocca
697: Pablo Mastroeni
559: Kosuke Kimura
509: Scott Palguta
492: Cory Gibbs
450: Matt Pickens
360: Preston Burpo
210: Terry Cooke
173: Jacob Peterson
34: Ty Harden
11: Gregory Richardson
5: Greg Dalby

Observations: This is just a snapshot of where we are after nine fixtures, and this order will shake up considerably in the coming weeks.

Because the Sounders were just in town and are doing so well, The Tuesday List looks at Major League Soccer expansion teams' records in the first 10 games of their first season:

Seattle Sounders (2009) 4-2-4
Chicago Fire (1998) 5-5-0
Miami Heat (1998) 5-5-0
Real Salt Lake (2005) 3-5-2
Toronto FC (2007) 3-6-1
San Jose Earthquakes (2008) 3-6-1
Chivas USA (2005) 1-8-1

There's a solid grouping competing to be Major League Soccer's goal-scoring leader. Here's how it stands right now:

Brian McBride, Chicago, 9 games, 6 goals
Josh Wolff, Kansas City, 9 games, 6 goals
Conor Casey , Colorado, 8 games, 5 goals
Landon Donovan, Los Angeles, 9 games, 5 goals
Robbie Findley, Salt Lake, 9 games, 5 goals
Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus, 9 games 5 goals
Luciano Emilio, D.

Today we look at the Gatorade players of the year for Colorado. Recognize any names?

GIRLS
Olivia Wagner, 2008-09, M, Alexander Dawson School
Beth West, 2007-08, M, Grandview High School
Brittney MacDonald, 2006-07, D, Mullen
Laura Engel, 2005-06, F, Greeley West
Gianna DeSaverio, 2004-05, F, Chatfield
Jordan Angeli, 2003-04, F/M/D, Green Mountain
Marianne Dalmy, 2002-03, M, Green Mountain
Fran Munnelly, 2001-02, F, Mullen
Mary McDowell, 2000-01, Wheat Ridge
Aleisha Cramer, 1999-00, M, Green Mountain
Aleisha Cramer, 1998-99, M, Green Mountain
Kelly Rheem, 1997-98, F, Araphoe

BOYS
Alex Tarnoczi, 2008-09, M, Rock Canyon High School
Morgan Sacco, 2007-08, M, Greeley Central
Miguel Rosales, 2006-07, G, Smoky Hill
Miguel Rosales, 2005-06, G, Smoky Hill
Mason Bragg, 2004-05, M/F, Liberty
David Blanchard, 2003-04, M, Chatfield
Garrett Sadusky, 2002-03, M, Columbine
Daniel Wasson, 2001-02, M, Liberty
Daniel Bills, 2000-01, Horizon
David Wagenfuhr, 1999-00, M, Rampart
Conor Casey, 1998-99, F, Denver South
Matt Duntsch, 1997-98, F, Araphoe
Brian Mullan, 1996-97, F, Regis Jesuit
Wes Hart, 1995-96, M, Columbine
Wes Hart, 1994-95, M, Columbine
George Pavlantos, 1993-94, F, Chatfield
John Stratton, 1992-93, M, Horizon
Jamey Martinez, 1991-92, M/F, Canon City
Jason Stanson, 1990-91, M, Cherry Creek
Dante Panella, 1989-90, D, Evergreen
Chad Young, 1988-89, MF, Bear Creek
Robert Lipp, 1987-88, F, Rocky Mountain
Bob Davies, 1986-87, F, Cherry Creek
Chad Ashton, 1985-86, M, Ranum

I'd also like to take this time to invite you to participate in a future installment of The Tuesday List.

The energetic support that Real Salt Lake's fans showed on Saturday night has inspired me to take a look at the top 10 crowds in the short history of that franchise:

Total: date, opponent (significance)

45,511: Aug. 12, 2006, Real Madrid (it was Real Madrid, stupid)

40,589: June 4, 2005, FC Dallas (doubleheader with U.

Today we look at how many times AC Mila ... er, Galaxy superstar David Beckham has played against each MLS franchise:

4 Chivas USA
4 New York Red Bulls
3 D.C. United
3 FC Dallas
3 San Jose Earthquakes
2 Chicago Fire
2 Colorado Rapids
2 Columbus Crew
2 Kansas City Wizards
2 New England Revolution
1 Houston Dynamo
1 Real Salt Lake
1 Toronto FC
0 Seattle Sounders

OK, conspiracy theorists, is it a coincidence that the two teams he's played against the most are based in Los Angeles and New York?

                                         (Photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

As the Rapids prepare for their second home game of the season on Saturday, we look at attendance totals at Major League Soccer home openers for each year of the Colorado Rapids franchise.