After Warzycha benched the teams biggest threat for the teams biggest match
(what a dope!), it should have sent warning shots in the minds of everyone associated with MLS.
Former All Star, MLS Cup Winner, Boca Jrs. Legend and league MVP Guillermo Barros
Schelotto has just been asked to take a sizable pay cut by the Columbus Crew, to the tune
of $400k.
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After already winning the Honda MVP award for 2009's best US National Team player, Los Angeles
Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan is now Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player. This is
Donovan's first MLS MVP Award, and the second time a member of the LA Galaxy has won. MLS Most
Valuable Players 2009: Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy 2008: Guillermo Barros Schelotto – Columbus
Crew 2007: Luciano Emilio – D.
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We already knew this, but Avoiding the Drop crunches some numbers to show how Guillermo was the
most productive and economical designated player in the league last year:
He had more goals (14), more combined goals and assists (17), and – probably the
biggest factor for the Crew – was the cheapest on a per-goal basis* ($38,235).
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I'm not a Columbus Crew supporter. I don't live in Ohio...but I do follow Major League Soccer and
i've watched more than a few Crew matches over the past two seasons. I've seen the Crew go from
laughing stock of the league to MLS Cup Champions. While there were several factors that helped
turn the club around and change their fortunes, there is no doubt that Guillermo Barros Schelotto
was a huge part of that success.
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Is to wait and see how this one plays out. To the Columbus fans, welcome to the silly season.
Lest we forget, everything in the transfer window is dramatic with Guille. Remember when he first
came to Columbus? It took forever to get the deal signed, McCullers was back and forth, the deal
was announced before it was finalized, and yours truly was beside himself:
So McCullers can introduce this guy to the press.
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WVHooligan 17 November @ 07:41 PM EST
Montreal inches closer to a MLS expansion bid.
By now we've all seen the lovely quote from MLS commissioner Don Garber yesterday about future
league expansion.
"We've had productive conversations with Montreal to be our 19th team," said Garber.
With all the issues going on with the USL/TOA crap you have to think that Montreal owner Joey
Saputo is trying to figure out the best way to get his club into the top-tier league instead of a
new breakaway league.
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First the list, then the thought.
Goalkeeper: Zach Thornton, Chivas USA.
Defenders: Geoff Cameron, Houston; Wilman Conde, Chicago; Chad Marshall, Columbus.
Midfielders: Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto FC; Landon Donovan, Los Angeles; Stuart Holden, Houston;
Shalrie Joseph, New England; Freddie Ljungberg, Seattle.
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Major League Soccer announced its Best XI on Monday, with no real surprises among the
selections.
MVP finalists Landon Donovan, Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Cunningham headed the group, while MLS
Goalkeeper of the Year Zach Thornton also got the nod.
Here is the MLS Best XI
GOALKEEPER- Zach Thornton
DEFENDERS- Chad Marshall, Wilman Conde, Geoff Cameron
MIDFIELDERS- Landon Donovan, Shalrie Joseph, Stuart Holden, Freddie Ljungberg,
Dwayne DeRosario
FORWARDS- Jeff Cunningham, Conor Casey
What's our take?
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Major League Soccer announced its Best XI on Monday, with no real surprises among the
selections.
MVP finalists Landon Donovan, Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Cunningham headed the group, while MLS
Goalkeeper of the Year Zach Thornton also got the nod.
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WVHooligan 13 November @ 06:45 AM EST
This group could look a lot different in 2010. (Getty Images)
Moving forward once again in our expansion draft coverage. Today we take a look at the
Supporter's Shield winning Columbus Crew. More than likely we will see a player picked from this
bunch, anytime you go through the regular season and are as good as the Crew were this year you
will most certainly see a player picked off in an expansion draft.
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WVHooligan 12 November @ 02:14 PM EST
GBS helped lead the Crew to a second straight Supporter's Shield trophy. (Getty Images)
We all expected big things in 2009 for the Columbus Crew. Anytime you win a MLS Cup and retain
the bulk of a lineup that got you that title you expect to repeat or come extremely close to do so.
As we saw last week the Crew fell short of that this year as they lost to Real Salt Lake at home in
the semi-finals of the eastern conference.
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The second batch of Major League Soccer playoff games saw some tense football, great goals and
short tempers. At the end of it, four teams progressed to the two conference finals. But did David
Beckham and Cuauhtemoc Blanco make it?
On the 5th November, the King was dead.
Columbus Crew were behind 1-0 on aggregate
against
Real Salt Lake and, despite quickly setting about overturning the deficit,
the champions were ejected from the playoffs at the first hurdle.
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MLS Playoff Wrap Up
Real Salt Lake (4-2) Columbus
The first game between the 1 and 4 seeds in the East went to Salt Lake thanks to a late goal by
Robbie Findley. Knowing that they were playing against the defending MLS champions Salt Lake knew
the importance of getting a result at home.
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MLS Playoff Wrap Up
Real Salt Lake (4-2) Columbus
The first game between the 1 and 4 seeds in the East went to Salt Lake thanks to a late goal by
Robbie Findley. Knowing that they were playing against the defending MLS champions, Salt Lake knew
the importance of getting a result at home.
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Where to begin with this one? If you approached fans of Columbus and let them know in advance of
the game, that they would take a two goal lead within the first 35 minutes at home, against the
worst road team in MLS, they would have taken that in a hearbeat. And that's just what did happen,
as two Guillermo Barros Schelotto goals got the Crew off to the start they needed.
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Real Salt Lake beat defending MLS Cup champion Columbus 3-2 on Thursday night and 4-2 on aggregate
to advance to the next round of Major League Soccer's playoffs. Crew midfielder Guillermo Barros
Schelotto returned to the lineup after being benched for game one and looked like the hero. He
scored in the 19th and 35th minutes to put the Crew ahead on aggregate.
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto was being counted on to help his Columbus Crew climb out of the one-goal
deficit it faced after a Game One defeat to Real Salt Lake, and he did just that with two
first-half goals in Thursday night's Game Two. Unfortunately for the Crew, the normally stout
defense it was counting on to pitch a shutout delivered a mistake-filled performance that has
helped put an end to Columbus' quest for a repeat.
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto was being counted on to help his Columbus Crew climb out of the one-goal
deficit it faced after a Game One defeat to Real Salt Lake, and he did just that with two
first-half goals in Thursday night's Game Two. Unfortunately for the Crew, the normally stout
defense it was counting on to pitch a shutout delivered a mistake-filled performance that has
helped put an end to Columbus' quest for a repeat.
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Du Nord 05 November @ 05:41 PM EST
STARTERSColumbus & Salt Lake square off in the 2nd leg of their first round playoff series. The winner
advances to the Semifinals.
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6 teams have already secured their spot in the Round of 16 knock out stage - Chelsea, Porto &
Sevilla, Bordeaux, Lyon & Manchester United.
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The Columbus Crew quest for a repeat MLS Cup championship will ride on tonight's First Round
playoff decider against Real Salt Lake at Crew Stadium (8pm, ESPN2).
The Crew will need to erase a 1-0 deficit from its first-leg loss at Rio Tinto Stadium to do win
the series, and will welcome back reigning MLS MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who is expected to
start after being benched for the first game.
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The Columbus Crew quest for a repeat MLS Cup championship will ride on tonight's First Round
playoff decider against Real Salt Lake at Crew Stadium (8pm, ESPN2).
The Crew will need to erase a 1-0 deficit from its first-leg loss at Rio Tinto Stadium to do win
the series, and will welcome back reigning MLS MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto, who is expected to
start after being benched for the first game.
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Nutmegged 05 November @ 02:19 PM EST
So again, we take a look at the Orange Crystal Ball moving from the unidextrous to bidextrous
results.
The first weekend, I have to say, was more than a little strange. From the sublime of the
Dynamo/Seattle match to the ridiculous of Warzycha sitting Moreno AND Schelotto to the utterly
predictable of a Steve Nicol-team being Lucy to the Chicago Fire's Charlie Brown to the completely
surreal of the HDClasico draw.
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WVHooligan 05 November @ 02:18 PM EST
Eric Brunner and Columbus try to slow down Yura Movsisyan and RSL tonight. (Getty Images)
Tonight the second leg of the first round playoff matches kickoff in Columbus as the Crew host
Real Salt Lake. RSL holds a slight 1-0 lead in the goals department in this two-legged series
thanks to the late goal from Robbie Rogers last weekend.
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1) I've updated the home/away records for each MLS team in each season through 2009:
Check them out here.
2) If Omar Gonzalez wins the Rookie of the Year award, he'll be the youngest winner ever. He was
20.72 years of age as of July 1st. The current record-holder is Carlos Bocanegra in 2000, at 21.
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Du Nord 02 November @ 05:49 PM EST
STARTERSThe USA U17's advanced to the Round of 16 in the World Cup and play on Wednesday against Italy.
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Word is out that UANL Tigres left fullback Edgar Castillo has been invited to join Team USA for the
2 games in Europe later this month. This will be his first time with the team.
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Seattle's Kasey Keller is a finalist for numerous Major League Soccer awards, including
goalkeeper of the year. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
Major League Soccer released the finalists for the league's 2009 awards today. The winners will
be announced starting Wednesday and ending Nov.
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Four matches, zero wins and four tough tasks to accomplish heading into the second set of
first-round MLS playoff games. That is the reality facing the top four seeds in the MLS playoffs as
they return home to host game two of their respective series.
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WVHooligan 02 November @ 10:13 AM EST
The playoff version of the SuperClasico got off to a bang with a 2-2 draw. (Getty Images)
Some could say the results we saw in the first week of the playoffs were fairly expected. The
SuperClasico ended in a draw that I think most folks expected to get; Real Salt Lake found a way to
get a win over the Crew at home; Seattle and Houston battled it out to a scoreless draw; and maybe
the only real shocker of the weekend was the Revs beating Chicago 2-1.
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It wasn't the prettiest match either team has played this season, but Real Salt Lake stole a late
goal Saturday afternoon to claim a 1-0 victory over a defensive-minded Columbus Crew squad.
Seemingly happy to leave Rio Tinto stadium with a draw, Columbus coach Robert Warzycha fielded a
surprising lineup devoid of reigning MVP Guillermo Barros Schelotto or attacking options Alejandro
Moreno and Emmanuel Ekpo.
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Real Salt Lake took a major step toward a potential first-round series upset on Saturday,
scoring a 1-0 victory in the opening leg of its series vs. defending MLS Cup champions Columbus
Crew.
Robbie Findley tapped home a Yura Movsisyan pass in the 88th minute to send RSL into Thursday
night's Game Two in Columbus up a goal.
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Real Salt Lake took a major step toward a potential first-round series upset on Saturday,
scoring a 1-0 victory in the opening leg of its series vs. defending MLS Cup champions Columbus
Crew.
Robbie Findley tapped home a Yura Movsisyan pass in the 88th minute to send RSL into Thursday
night's Game Two in Columbus up a goal.
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The Columbus Crew begins defense of its MLS Cup title today at Rio Tinto Stadium against Real
Salt Lake in Game One of their Eastern Conference series (6pm, Direct Kick).
The Crew will come into the match with a surprising lineup that does not include MLS MVP
Guillermo Barros Schelotto or forward Alejandro Moreno.
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The Columbus Crew begins defense of its MLS Cup title today at Rio Tinto Stadium against Real
Salt Lake in Game One of their Eastern Conference series (6pm, Direct Kick).
The Crew will come into the match with a surprising lineup that does not include MLS MVP
Guillermo Barros Schelotto or forward Alejandro Moreno.
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There may not be a bigger mismatch on paper in the first round of the MLS playoffs than the
Columbus Crew-Real Salt Lake series, but there is also no match brimming with more upset potential
than this unique Eastern Conference clash.
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There may not be a bigger mismatch on paper in the first round of the MLS playoffs than the
Columbus Crew-Real Salt Lake series, but there is also no match brimming with more upset potential
than this unique Eastern Conference clash.
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