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We all know the usual awards after a big game, right? MVP, Best Goal, blah blah blah. Those are so
boring. So, instead, we bring you The Offside's Awards for the Eastern Conference Final: The Ones
They Really Deserved. The "How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?" Award to: [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo took home the coveted European Footballer of the Year Golden Ball Award in Paris,
France yesterday. The Awards is given to the player who accumulates the most points from fans. That
makes Ronaldo only the fourth player for Manchester United to win such the title. According to
French reporters Ronaldo was extremely [.
Unfortunately for fans of the Azzurri, Italy´s EURO 2008 campaign is now little more than a
distant and shabby memory. While the nation licks its wounds, our resident Italian football
correspondant Henry N. consoles himself by taking one last look back at the 2007/2008 Serie A
campaign and compiling his Team of the Season: GK: Sebastian FREY (Fiorentina)
If you've ever wondered how you could motivate your players to try harder or use soccer moves in a
match, consider awarding soccer patches. In our third year of awarding patches, we've come up with
a wide variety of criteria, encouraging players to work on many aspects of their game.
The end of the season is upon us, with only the UEFA Cup final today and the Champions League final
next week still to go.
It was an exciting year in the Premiership, and it's time to recognize the players who stood out
the most over the long, arduous 38-game schedule. To do that, I'll use some the same categories I
used before the season when I predicted who'd win these superlatives when it was all said and done,
and also add some new ones as well.
UEFA announced a list of 20 nominees for the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award. 17 of the 20
players on the list are from the English Premier League, with no players from Serie A represented.
The players nominated are: Didier DrogbaLionel MessiCristiano RonaldoWayne RooneyFernando
TorresMichael EssienCesc FabregasSteven GerrardFrank LampardPaul ScholesJamie CarragherRio
FerdinandCarles
The publication France Football will announce the winner of the prestigious Ballon d'Or award
tomorrow morning. Of the 30 players on the shortlist to win the award, you have to believe
that Cristiano Ronaldo will win. Why Cristiano Ronaldo Will Win the Ballon d'Or1. Ronaldo led
his team to the Champions League title.
Phew. After a jampacked holiday schedule that came fast and furious, fans and players alike now get
a chance to catch their breath as the next round of games doesn't come until the 12th. The Carling
Cup semifinals and the 3rd Round of the FA Cup will have to tide everyone over until then and there
should be some pretty good games in both competitions.
Most Valuable Player of the Season: Michael Ballack
Joe Cole was the official player of the season, a fair choice no doubt. But I believe Ballack has
meant more to the squad, particularly during an end-of-season run on two fronts. Ballack currently
my mancrush along with Shia LaBeouf powered the Blues with not only massive performances but with a
leadership and confidence the club most definitely drew from.
If there was any doubting that 2007 and 2008 are some of MLS's best years ever we now have
confirmation from
Sports Business Journal and Sports Business Daily. MLS took League of The Year, honors. Read more
about it here.
Congrats MLS.
David Beckham was at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards in California yesterday - August 3, 2008. The
event was held at the held at the Universal Amphithea, Los Angeles. Image courtesy of Newscom
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The nominations for the 2008 PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year have been
announced this week, and while in some respects debate on the subject is pointless (Cristiano
Ronaldo is surely a shoe-in to retain his Player of the Year crown, if not both awards) one or two
omissions and inclusions can readily be subjected to scrutiny.
For information on European Golden Boot Winners see - European Golden Boot and for previous
top goalscorers in Serie A, Top Scorers Season by Season don't forget the previous poll -Who will
win the Scudetto? is still open until Match Day One so place your votes, AC Milan are
currently leading. (picture by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images) Bookmark to:
If you've ever wondered how you could motivate your players to try harder or use soccer moves in a
match, consider awarding soccer patches. In our third year of awarding patches, we've come up with
a wide variety of criteria, encouraging players to work on many aspects of their game.
While I try to edit down and pair together a year's worth of notes into some sort of digestible
column on the year that was 2008, check out 2007's offering (has anything changed?) and take a
moment to vote for your favorite online soccer offerings over at USSF and Soccerlens. - banner
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It was a battle to the end, but Marcelo Gallardo's goal was voted as the Sierra Mist Goal of the
Week, narrowly beating Amado Guevara's strike. I've probably watched this particular goal more over
the last few days than I have any other over the last four years. Incredible. Here it is again for
your viewing pleasure.
Wow. That's pretty significant news ladies and gentleman. MLS beat out the NBA, MLB, NFL and WTA
Tour for the award. Now that's called taking on the best and winning. Sports Business Journal
Release:
Major League Soccer Recognized as the 2008 Professional Sports League of the Year
Eleven Winners Honored with the Inaugural Sports Business Awards
New York, N.
Jimmy Conrad will be honored tonight by the KC Sports Commission. At the 36th annual awards
banquet, Conrad will receive the Special Achievement Award for Professional Athletes. The award is
going to be presented by Sprint. According to Hillcrest Road, the awards ceremony will be shown on
delay on Metro Sports over the next few weeks.
I know this post is a little late, but I've been working a lot this past week and haven't had the
time to update. The groupings for the 2008-2009 Champions League tournament have been set. Here are
the groups: Group A: Group B:Chelsea Inter MilanRoma Werder BremenBordeaux PanathinaikosCluj
Anorthosis Group C: Group D:Barcelona PSVSporting Atletico MadridBasel
Today while on bigsoccer, I came across the fact that this blog has been given an award. The Pitch
today came out with their "Best of KC" awards. And this blog won the award as the
"Best Sports Blog" in KC. I'm a little surprised (actually shock is probably more
appropriate) that the award not only went to me, but to a Wizards, but hey, it's great to be
acknowledged for the work that you do, and to get some more press for the Wizards.
If you've ever wondered how you could motivate your players to try harder or use soccer moves in a
match, consider awarding soccer patches. In our third year of awarding patches, we've come up with
a wide variety of criteria, encouraging players to work on many aspects of their game.
Crew's Marshall wins Defender of the Year. I would have voted for Conrad. He anchored a young back
line. He had to contend with frequently changing lineups around and in front of him and a team that
could rarely give them a lead to work with. Jimmy played every minute this year in leading the team
to 10 shutouts.
Courtesy of US Soccer Communications:
NOMINATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR FIVE CATEGORIES IN 2008 BEST OF U.S. SOCCER AWARDS
U.S. Soccer Fans Asked to Nominate Their Favorite all_access Video, Bar, Blog, Store, and Fan Photo
During Next Two Weeks;Voting for Finalists on All Categories Begins on Nov.
Off The Post nominated for Best New Blog These award nominations are like buses - you wait ages for
one and then two come along at once. We realise that we have already had the cheek to ask you to
vote for us once in the past few days, but we would appreciate you taking a [...]
Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United Worst Player: Kevin Kilbane, Wigan Athletic Best
Manager: Sven-Goran Eriksson, Manchester City Worst Manager (still standing): Alan Curbishley, West
Ham Best Signing: Elano, Manchester City Worst Signing: Darren Bent, Tottenham Hotspur [.
The lovely bloggers at Soccerlens have been generous enough to shortlist Who Ate All the Pies in
the category of Best Overall Footy Blog in their blog awards. Please - pretty please, with sugar on
top - head over there...
Pies dishes out its own gongs after the cup final, each one painstakingly handcrafted in
Netto own brand kitchen foil. The Award for the player on the winning side doing
the best impression of a loser Sylvain Distin
So now that the season has come to a close, let's get everyones opinion on who was the best at
everything. We'll use the Oscar del Calcio format, so be sure to choose:
Best Italian Player
Best Foreign Player
Best Young Player
Best Goalkeeper
Best Defender
Best Midfielder
Best Striker
Surprise Player of the Season
Best Serie A Player (Best Overall, Foreign or Italian)
Best Coach
Most Surprising Team
Most Disappointing Team
and if you want, your Serie A Best XI
My picks after the jump:
My picks are:
Best Italian Player: Alessandro Del Piero
Best Foreign Player: Adrian Mutu
Best Young Player: Sebastian Giovinco
Best Goalkeeper: Sebastian Frey
Best Defender: Giorgio Chiellini
Best Midfielder: Daniele De Rossi
Best Striker: Marco Borriello
Best Serie A Player: Javier Zanetti
Surprise Player of the Season: Christian Maggio
Best Coach: Tough choice between Spalletti and Prandelli.
We asked you to vote for your favourite memories/highlights of last season several days ago. Now
the votes have been counted and we can tell you who has managed to get their hands on one of the
following trophies... 1. Player of the Year 2. Goal of the Season 3. Moment of the Season 4. Most
Improved Player 5.
A quick reminder that just over one week remains before the voting closes for the HEGS Award for
Best Argentine Footballer in a Foreign League 2007-2008. The last votes will be counted at midnight
on the Monday after the end of the Clausura - which means you've got nine days from when this post
goes [.
Jimmy Conrad is being recognized tonight by the Kansas City Sport Commission for his fine looks and
overall outstandingness with a "Special Achievement in Professional Athletics" award at
the PROPS (Party Recognizing Outstanding People in Sports) this evening. The event will air live on
Metro Sports.
Canadian Christine Sincliar made the nomination list for the FIFA Women's World Player for 2008.
From Burnaby, BC. Sinclair lead her country to the Woman's World Cup. In total she has achieved 95
goals in just 125 appearances for Canada. FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Nadine Angerer
(Germany) Shannon Boxx (USA) Cristiane (Brazil) Daniela (Brazil) Marta (Brazil) Birgit Prinz [.
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Eleventh Annual 3rd Degree Awards. The 3rd Degree Awards were
created in 1998, with the addition of the Spark award in 1999, and the Ember Award in 2006. The
"Thirds" consist of two major categories, FC Dallas awards and League Wide awards, and
are based on regular season play.
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch was voted the 2008 Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year. New England
Revolution defender Michael Parkhurst was named the winner of the MLS Fair Play award, and the
Revolution earned the MLS Team Fair Play award, recognizing the MLS club with the fewest
disciplinary points during the 2008 regular season (I don't think Khano Smith helped).
MLS announced the 2008 Newcomer and Coach of the year awards today. Columbus Crew Head Coach Sigi
Schmid was voted the 2008 MLS Coach of the Year after, capturing the Supporters' Shield trophy and
first place in the Eastern Conference. San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Darren Huckerby was voted
the 2008 MLS Newcomer of the Year.
So ussoccer.com is doing a little nomination and awards contest with a couple of categories.
One of these catergories is "Best Blog." I mean, so HYPOTHETICALLY if you WANTED to
nominate Yanked Around for best blog, all you would need to do is send a short email to
centercircle@ussoccer.org and say: "Hey I want to [.
Greetings Hillcrest Road followers, glad to be back feeling well and posting earlier in the day. A
few notes for you all this morning:
1st, head over to the USSoccer.com's 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards page to vote for your
favorites from the world of U.S. Soccer from this past year. Click on the logo in each category to
vote in this category.
Hello all. Before you sit down in front of your televisions or computer screens or HD holographic
projectors or whatever else you use to watch the weekend matches these days, I'd just like to point
out that our friends over at SoccerLens are taking nominations for their annual awards again. Last
year, yours truly was nominated in two categories, finishing as the editor's choice runner-up in
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Congratulations to Manchester United's winger - Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won yet another award,
this time it is the Balloon D'Or (European footballer of the year). Ronaldo grabbed first place...
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Courtesy of US Soccer:
CHICAGO (Dec. 17, 2008) – The final four winners of the 2008 Best of U.S. Soccer Awards were
announced on Wednesday on ussoccer.com, with Studio 90 presenting the fan's choices for Best
Performance: Team, Best Goal: Men, Best Goal: Women and Best Photo.
Fans can watch a special presentation of all 12 winners on ussoccer.
