For the women: Abby Wambach. She played in the World Cup with a broken toe. She was indispensable. I know it's a fake award, but it's meant as a placeholder for an award that should actually exist. Yeah, she disappeared against Brazil. So did the rest of the sorority. If it was her idea to drop Hope [. Click to continue reading...

Hm...Pavel Pardo, captain of a Bundesliga-winning side. Miguel Calero, leader of all-conquering (until this fall) Pachuca. Man, that's a tough one. I could call it a tie, except there's only one person voting. It's lonely at the top. On the women's side, I'm thinking about goalkeeper Kristin Olson from USC. Click to continue reading...

Hm...Pavel Pardo, captain [edit - or not, but he was a pretty key player] of a Bundesliga-winning side. Miguel Calero, leader of all-conquering (until this fall) Pachuca. Man, that's a tough one. I could call it a tie, except there's only one person voting. It's lonely at the top. On the women's [. Click to continue reading...

Oh, right, it's December. Time for your nominees for Male and Female CONCACAF player of the year. Said player can be a CONCACAF player whose club is outside CONCACAF, or an outside player whose club is in North or Central America. In other words, George Weah rules. I have my frontrunners - in fact, support [. Click to continue reading...