Galaxy central defender Omar Gonzalez, the club's top draft pick out of Maryland didn't miss a game for the Galaxy this year and was literally head and shoulders above other candidates.

From the Galaxy press release:

The 21-year old defender from Dallas, Texas, becomes the second consecutive Galaxy defender to win the award.

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Remember a few years ago how everyone --myself included-- was all OMFG when "How Soccer Explains The World Came Out"? I was all tits-over-tail about and then my man Tom Fina, The Angriest Man in Metroland™, hit me with the heat one night that "Frank Foer is just Kuper light".
Intrigued, I had to find out who this Simon Kuper was so I read his engrossing "Soccer Against the Enemy" and found myself swiftly agreeing with Fina. Click to continue reading...

First off, sorry for not getting these posted earlier this morning. I had ever intention to do so but somehow I just never hit publish on this post. Second of all this week's rankings come with very little change at the top six or seven. Most of the clubs stayed right where they were at after week 29.

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Halftown
Para los que no recordamos el Mundial 86, ni veíamos el Calcio cuando sólo había dos cadenas, Maradona no es más que una letra de Calamaro. Un gordo impertinente. Un yonki endiosado. Cuando nos hablan de él, no pensamos en el gol -el genial o el tramposo- a Inglaterra, sino en ese cocainómano con mullet anunciando la Super Nintendo con la camiseta del Sevilla, o en esa celebración subidón-subidón-subidón tras un gol a Grecia en USA 94. Click to continue reading...

Ao ver as imagens da chegada a Lisboa da equipa do Sporting , após eliminarem o Twente, notei como é ténue a separação entre o sucesso e o insucesso e a correspondente fina linha que separa o carinho do insulto. Não foram estes mesmos atletas e técnicos que tão maltratados foram após o jogo de Munique, há uns meses atrás? Click to continue reading...

Latest transfer stories from the English Premier League - Liverpool odds-on to sign Glenn Johnson. Click to continue reading...

Por Johan Einstein / Desde Tel Aviv
En la playa de Tel Aviv, 4000 israelíes vibraron con la victoria del Barça ante el Manchester. En la fina arena, senyeras y banderas barcelonistas me transportaron por dos horas a Barcelona. Solo que en lugar del español o catalán se escuchaba hebreo. Click to continue reading...