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The winter months can either be good or bad on a Major League Soccer club. Its all really on who leaves the club and who comes in to help out. Take the New England Revolution for instance, each year its seems they lose one big name after another either in a trade, a transfer or…[continue reading]

Sometimes less is more, and in the case of the 2009 edition of the New England Revolution less nearly became a lot. If you would have told me that the Revs would have lacked both Steve Ralston and Taylor Twellman for the majority of the season and still made the playoffs this year I would…[continue reading]

Plenty of good goals this past week in Major League Soccer. Some were better than others but that is for you all to decide. I’ve took out what I thought were some of the best from this past week including one hat trick. Order of video: Geoff Cameron, Nate Jaqua, Kheli Dube (hat trick), Juan…[continue reading]

Just as promised, even if it is a day behind normal schedule here. Plenty of solid goals this past week in Major League Soccer. I particularly love some of the combinations in plays like the Columbus game between Jason Garey and Steven Lenhart. By the way, what was with Rob Stone’s Max Bretos call on…[continue reading]

ast year the New England Revolution were the hot club from May to August. Shortly after winning their first SuperLiga title many thought the Revs were going to be unstoppable and win the MLS Cup. Things didn’t turn out that way as the Revs collapsed in the final months of the season and barely looked…[continue reading]

Yup, LA Galaxy defender Sean Franklin has been named the 2008 MLS Rookie of the Year after beating out New England’s Kheli Dube and Houston’s Geoff Cameron. Franklin started 26 out of 27 games and recorded one assist. Honestly, I know Franklin is a big talent for LA and will be a staple of that…[continue reading]

A lot of end-of-season awards in Major League Soccer are just as tight as the playoff race. I’ve been tracking the Rookie of the Year and MVP races for some time now but I figured I would weigh in on all the awards for once since we are in the final few weeks of the…[continue reading]

It almost seems like being the best rookie this season is like a death wish. Either you start out on top and fade quicker than anyone thought, get hurt or…well get hurt some more. That seems to be the nature of things right now in the league for our crop of rookies. Usually by now…[continue reading]

Today just seems like as good of a time as ever to update this list. Seeing how it has been nearly a month’s time since our last view at this list. Some rookies are shining in league games and in once case in SuperLiga games. With only ten or 12 games left on the year…[continue reading]

Its about that time of the month again to update the rookie watch list. Since our last update a couple rookies have emerged a little more, while some are still taking a back seat as the summer months roll on. I think now that we are halfway through the season we can have a better…[continue reading]