Made everything except player to really draw attention to him.

I would like to know if the color and b+w worked, also what I could

do to improve next time either with working with b+w/color or just

taking pictures of football. Thanks in advance.

This image would rate high if it were sharper.It's a good action shot but the softness takes away from it. Try running it through an image editing program using the unmask sharpening filter.

Focus seems way off. I don't like the B&W & Color combo, one or the other.....

Great idea and well done! Also, try coloring just the ball and leaving the rest in B/w, see how it turns out?