>>play football, or soccer as they called it in England<<

You've got it backwards, hon. The sport they call soccer in the U.S.A. is called football in England while the sport Americans call football is sometimes refered to as American Football (and not just by the British).

Your story has a strong Prologue. You manage to raise interest in your story and catch the reader up on what happened since the end of the official series. Thumps up from me. :-)