For the second straight year, the Rapids will go to England as part of their preseason training camp. The Major League Soccer team also will be training in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Jackson, Miss.
The Rapids are training at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City for two weeks, then will go to Fort Lauderdale for 13 days of two-a-day practices.
The trip to England will be from Feb. 28 to March 9. The Rapids are partnered with Arsenal FC of the Premier League and will train at Arsenal’s facilities.
Training camp includes a Feb. 22 exhibition game against Real Salt Lake in Fort Lauderdale and a March 22 exhibition against the Chicago Fire in Jackson.
The Rapids’ regular-season opener is March 29 at home against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Fazekas, four 14ers named all-stars.
Tulsa 66ers forward Nick Fazekas, a former Ralston Valley High School and Nevada star, will play in the NBA Development League’s All-Star Game with four members of the Broomfield-based Colorado 14ers.
Representing the 14ers in the Feb. 16 game in New Orleans will be guards Eddie Gill and Billy Thomas and forwards Kaniel Dickens and Elton Brown, all of whom helped Colorado defeat the Utah Flash 95-93 at the Broomfield Event Center on Tuesday night.
Gill and Dickens each scored 17 points, with Gill adding eight assists. Brown had 15 points and 11 rebounds. Thomas contributed nine points and four assists.
Rage falls.
David Morelli and Scott Wray scored in the first period, but Tulsa responded with four unanswered goals to claim a 4-2 victory over the visiting Rocky Mountain Rage in the Central Hockey League.
