MLS Fair Play Award and Rookie of the Year Award to be announced today and Penn moves to No 13. Beckham considers prospect of another trophy while Pacific Northwest supporters band together for more away tickets. USWNT to play Mexico while Donovan asks Zakuani to play for US. All of that and more morning news
In today’s news roundup: even the New York Times can’t understand why Le Toux was snubbed; Mwanga, Hackworth seek improvement; USWNT crushes Haiti in first WC qualifier; Russia is sorry; Maradona is 50 and your weekend’s Footy on the Telly listings.
Le Toux doesn’t make the MVP final list but is up for Fair Play Award; Mwanga makes the final Rookie of the Year List; more on the Cosmos as everyone wants to join MLS; CONCACAF qualifiers for Women’s World Cup start today; Russia calls England “primitive”; Paul is dead, long live the new Paul; local college roundup and more morning news.
Who should the Union protect? Who will they lose? And what the hell are the real rules to this thing? (Some of what you’ve read elsewhere is wrong.) PSP breaks it down with an entirely too detailed preview.
Independence player Caroline Seger nominated for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year; Union expansion draft predictions; local college roundup; Newcastle wants Donovan; TFC supporters’ posteriors kissed further; Cosmos want to be 20th; more FIFA zaniness; Germany 1954 World Cup winning team on meth; Paul the Octopus conspiracy; Chilean miners lose match, must go back down mine and more morning news.
The regular season ended in bizarre fashion: A midfielder in goal, Chris Seitz in goal, some silly telephone-shoe thing of a goal celebration and a loss, sadly.