Oct
08

Is It Comeback or Breakout?


I’ve always had a slight issue with one post season award that Major League Soccer hands out. The Comeback Player of the Year. In some years the CPY is truly someone that had a great year after coming back from a big injury. Look no further to 2008′s CPY Kenny Cooper. It was a no brainer…[continue reading]

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Nov
10

Montero, Thornton Honored

Montero, Thornton Honored

Add another award for Zach Thornton on the season. Today the league named Thornton it’s Comeback Player of the Year. At the same time the league also announced Fredy Montero as the Newcomer of the Year. Montero was one of the league leaders in goals scored this year. His 12 goals on the season blew…[continue reading]

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Nov
22

Best XI Named, Comeback Goes To Cooper

Best XI Named, Comeback Goes To Cooper

The last of the 2008 awards were handed down today. The league announced their Best XI for the year and named Kenny Cooper the Comeback Player of the Year. Cooper played and started all of FC Dallas’ 30 regular season games this year after suffering a broken right tibia eight games into the 2007 MLS…[continue reading]

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Oct
30

Award Finalist Are Up


MLS released their award finalist today. I was planning on sharing my votes later on this week or early next week but why not today. I was able to vote in this year’s voting through the league (apparently the league enjoys the blogging world out there that cover the sport). My selections are marked in…[continue reading]

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