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The Colorado Comets semi-professional soccer team announced that it would field a much younger team this year. As of May 22, 2000 the Comets will only be permitted to have a restricted number of players on its roster who are over the age of 23. Head Coach Marc Francis explained "we do not want to eliminate all the overage players as we believe that the younger high school and college players benefit from playing with older ex-pros such as Chris Edwinson and Mark Perdew". While the Comets open their season on April 15 against the Colorado Springs Ascent, the restriction on the age of players will not come into effect until May 22. This is largely due to the fact that younger players are largely not available until this date due to their college and youth soccer commitments.
The Comets are actively recruiting younger players both from within Colorado and throughout the country. Ryan Carruth who led St Lawrence University to a NCAA Div III National Championship will be returning as will Matt Harrell who played for University of Denver last year. The Comets hope to be able to sign other major college stars in the next few weeks.
During the early part of the season the Comets will rely on it "old guard" of players such as Mark Perdew, Brent "Zico" Ward, Rafael Amaya, Kevin Horn, Brad Vik and the Kayali brothers Maher and Mazen.
The Comets are now in the Rocky Mountain Division of the Western Conference of the PDL. The Division will be made up of three Colorado teams (Comets, Colorado Springs Ascent and Boulder Nova) as well as the Kansas City Brass and the Wichita Jets.
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