Have you voted today?

You did? That's "super"!

Wait, you didn't? You forgot? Again?

Eh, that's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Well, not really.

Ironically, "super" is the worst adjective in the dictionary. Its various definitions are simply too diverse to be sloppily thrown into one word.

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The regular season is done, over, finished or whatever other adjective you want to use. For the second straight season WVH got to participate in the league's media vote for the season awards. Voting is now over and I felt it was time to share my votes with you all.

I'll have to admit some awards were tougher to vote on than others but I tried to span the entire season's body of work as much as I could for these awards.

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Whatever happened to the 'Golden Generation'? They seemed to kick up a fuss a few years ago without ever doing anything. They even gained a reputation by not winning anything. Apparently Sven wasted them and we missed our chance.

Another ‘Golden Generation' knocked them out on penalties in 2004 and they didn't win anything.

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The tough are apparently getting going. Remember when the season started, and the Crew neglected to beat anyone until May? Remember when the Crew ran into a Mexican cement truck at the end of August, then made a starring role in Richie Williams' audition tape?
The Crew's September schedule consisted of the other three top MLS teams, Cruz Azul, and Saprissa. Click to continue reading...

Do you know what ubiquitous means?
I remember the first time I came across the word.
It was in the novel "Moby Dick".
It is an adjective Melville uses to describe the great beast.
Anyway the word came into my head today.
First there was the story about David Beckham hinting he may return to the English league. Click to continue reading...

Chicago offense fails to put a shot on goal
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - The Chicago Fire looked lethargic, out of sync ... pretty much any adjective that has a negative connotation to it. There was no way to hide the fact that this team did not show up, especially since they failed to put a shot on goal in front of a sellout crowd of 20,000, falling to the David Beckham-less Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-0, at Toyota Park. Click to continue reading...

Though the Rochester Raging Rhinos dropped the "Raging" from their name last season, it would have suited their performance on Sunday afternoon. Or maybe Austin should have been the ones to have an adjective inserted into their name: Austin Accommodating Aztex? Allowing? Acquiescent?
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Today is a HUGE day for United States soccer. It's not just huge, it's GIGANTIC, it's EPIC, it's every darn adjective you can possibly think of to describe something that is massive and important.
IT'S THE SHIZNIT!!
The USMNT has never been in a FIFA tournament final and despite the fact Brazil stands in their way, the events of the last week have taught even the most pessimistic of us to believe that anything is possible in South Africa today. Click to continue reading...

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Last week we looked at South Africa, this week we visit South America and the continent's biggest club competition the Copa Libertadores. As you read the post, look at the names of countries and the nationality adjectives.

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The Wizards and sister club, Atlas, took a share of the points today in St. Louis as the two teams played to a rather dull 0-0 draw. KC started the same lineup that started the Wizards last two league games, as Atlas played mainly reserve players with a few first teamers sprinkled into the lineup. It was a hot day, with temperatures on the field getting to well over 100 degrees, forcing the referee to stop play once each half for a water break. Click to continue reading...

Michael Owen has a reputation as being a charmless dullard with the personality of a cupboard. In addition to that, and like so many professional sportsmen, he is a competitive asshole – the sort of fist-pumping competitive asshole who hates to lose at anything, even if it's just a kickabout with his son in his back garden. Click to continue reading...

Finally some Indonesian action even if it was only IPL. A rare three points for Persikota in front of a crowd that the adjective sparse doesn't do any credit. Thrilling stuff too with the home side taking the lead, Padang equalising, 2-1 Persikota, a twice taken penalty missed by the visitors, a nice first touch and sweetly taken shot made it 3-1 and set up an enthralling second half. Click to continue reading...

Schalke's 3-3 draw with hated local rivals Borussia Dortmund this weekend was a Shakespearean affair in just about all the senses of that adjective.
There was certainly history. The Blues may hold the slight all-time head-to-head advantage over Borussia, but as any Dortmund fan will tell you, the men in yellow have won a league title in the past half-century, whereas Schalke haven't. Click to continue reading...

I had thought about going through each US player who saw significant playing time in the Olympics and judging him on whether his stock rose or fell in terms of his prospects with the senior team.
But I can't think of many players who improved their standings with performances in this tournament. Click to continue reading...

Feilhaber's Goal sunk Mexico in the Gold Cup Final/SI.com

In the recent history of American Soccer no selection of a player to a major tournament squad has elicited as much controversy and quite frankly anger as last week's selection by Peter Nowak of Benny Feilhaber to the US Men's Olympic Team.

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" Barcelona have made it clear that their priority this summer is signing a striker with physical presence, after sanctioning the departure of Samuel Eto'o."

I never thought about Adebayor as a physical presence. Yes, he is tall and he does play with his back to goal but an adjective such as physical is an inaccurate descriptor.

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Holland have just beaten the reigning world champions Italy 3-0 in their opening fixture of Euro 2008. Expect to read a lot about it in the paper tomorrow. There is a book about Dutch football by David Winner called 'Brilliant Orange' and I think that is the right adjective to describe tonight's game. Click to continue reading...

Hard to believe that we are in the final few weeks of the regular season here in the MLS. Still plenty to be played for here as we go into the final few weeks of the season. Not a whole lot of change in these rankings either. Most of the top remains the same while [...] Click to continue reading...