Found this Yahoo article tonight with the Best XI this season for MLS, voted on by Martin Rogers
(Yahoo! Sports), Grahame Jones (Los Angeles Times), Steven Goff (Washington Post),
Greg Daurio (MLSnet.com), Scott French (MLS Magazine), Frank Dell'Apa (Boston Globe)
and Michael Lewis (New York Daily News).
So here's the roster
Brad Guzan
Michael Parkhurst - Wade Barrett - ClaudioSuarez - Jimmy Conrad
Shalrie Joseph - Guillermo Barros Schelotto - Ben Olsen - Cuauhtemoc Blanco
Juan Pablo Angel - Luciano Emilio
No Wizards made the "bench.
The season is winding down and it is almost time to select our first annual Major League Soccer
Talk Best XI. Any listener is welcome to submit a vote via email at
kartik@majorleaguesoccertalk.com
Here is what we are for:
1 Goalkeeper
3 Defenders
5 Midfielders
2 Forwards
No limit exists on games played so you can vote for Blanco (or Beckham if you so choose)
We want to announce the Best XI on a podcast following the final regular season game in two weeks.
David Warner at AOL Sportshouse with another entertaining break down of Saturday and Sunday's
fixtures.
The best XI from ESPN:
GK: Robert Green (West Ham)
LCB: Joleon Lescott (Everton)
CB: Zat Knight (Aston Villa)
RCB: David Wheater (Boro)
LM: Matt Etherington (West Ham)
CM: Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
CM: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
RM: Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
ST: Craig Bellamy (West Ham)
ST: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
ST: Michael Owen (Newcastle)
Manager: Martin O'Neill (Villa)
Don't have too many problems with that line-up but I would have to offer up Clint Dempsey who was
all over the pitch over the weekend, contributing 1 goal and 2 assists allowing Fulham to salvage a
point.
First off -- a breakdown of Saturday and Sunday's premier league action -- and shame on the Toons
for losing to cellar-dwellar's Derby - Michael Owen might have injured himself in the embarrassing
result.
Here's the Best XI:
TEAM OF THE WEEK GK: Pepe Reina (Liverpool)
LCB: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham)
CB: Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
RCB: Nemanja Vidic (Man United)
LM: Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham)
CM: Michael Johnson (Man City)
CM: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
RM: Lee Bowyer (West Ham)
ST: Dean Ashton (West Ham)
ST: Kenwyne Jones (Sunderland)
ST: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
Manager: Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)
My star of the weekend was Cesc Fabregas, who was absolutley brilliant and is quickly making people
forget about Thierry Henry.
