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Well, here we are, the final game of the 2011 season. MLS Cup 2011 or 2011 MLS Cup…whatever way you look at it we are at the final game of the year. I’ve been sitting quiet all week on this game, mostly due to the work load I’ve had at my day job but also…[continue reading]

I’ve been holding off on posting my year-end picks for all of the MLS awards until this week. The week of MLS Cup seemed to be as good of a week as any to post this material. With nothing else going on (aside from a US game tomorrow) it just seemed like the right time.…[continue reading]

I had every intention of doing this revisit sooner but things happen as you know. Today, we’ll finally wrap up this positional rankings revisit with a look at the forwards. To recap, here the midfield, defense and keepers. A lot of the rankings for this group have changed of the course of the season but some of them…[continue reading]

When voting came out for the end-of-year awards in Major League Soccer – one award was simple to vote on – the Rookie of the Year. MLS announced that Sporting Kansas City forward C.J. Sapong has been named 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year. Sapong appeared in all 34 of Sporting’s regular season games and…[continue reading]

You could see the writing on the wall with this for several weeks. Gary Smith was not happy and neither were the folks above him with the Colorado Rapids. Today, they made it official as the club announced they would be parting ways with the only head coach in their club history to guide them…[continue reading]

The ballots have been tallied and we now know the finalists for the various end-of-season awards for Major League Soccer. Last year it was easy to find some fault in the various finalists but this year, every award was fairly open enough. 2011 Major League Soccer Awards Finalists (Listed in alphabetical order by last name…[continue reading]

So I went three for four in the semifinals with my picks. Real Salt Lake knocked out Seattle in what was a very entertaining series. The other three were good as well, but the conference finals should be very good to watch. We’re down to three more games this season – the Conference finals on…[continue reading]

It has been a couple weeks since I revisited my 2011 positional rankings. I got caught up in the 2011 Expansion Draft lists – something I will likely continue on today. Today, we’re looking back at the midfielder rankings. To recap I’ve already done the defense and keepers. Again these rankings are all about the…[continue reading]

I already submitted some picks for the playoffs over at BigDSoccer.com, you can read them there but seeing how I was wrong on one of them already I figured I can get a pass and just focus on the final eight here. For the most part my thoughts haven’t changed too much since I made…[continue reading]