On the Faryd Mondragon Watch front, the FC Köln keeper reportedly coming to the Union had a tough one this weekend, giving up a hat trick to Schalke's Raul Gonzalez in a 3–0 loss in his last game for Köln.

Deutsche Welle put Mondragon in goal for their worst Bundesliga 11 of 2010: "Many players pitch a hissy fit if they get benched, but ex-Cologne keeper Faryd Mondragon took his tantrum to a previously unknown biblical level.