Voting for the 2009 MLS Year End Awards is underway. I've learned some interesting things about
this season's voting process:
1) For the Best XI, Cuauhtemoc Blanco and Landon Donovan are listed as midfielders this year, while
Guillermo Barros Schelotto is listed as a forward. You may remember the unfortunate situation from
two years ago, where Blanco was a finalist for the MVP award yet missing from the Best XI.
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Playoff berth still eludes Chicago entering final week
The Chicago Fire and New England Revolution both had opportunities on the offensive end, more so
for the Revs. When everything was said and done, Chicago took some minimal satisfaction in pulling
off a scoreless draw Saturday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
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It was the 34th minute on a less than exciting game when New England attacker Michael Videira
went up for a ball with KC defender Aaron Holhbein. In his effort to head it he swung his elbow
back and struck Hohlbein in the face. Referee Jorge Gonzalez pulled out the red card right away and
sent Videira to the showers.
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Carver released a team update yesterday in what feels like a heads up for bad things to come on
Saturday. Thanks to that piss poor call by Jorge Gonzalez (I'm not going to drop that one any time
soon) Edu's out, leaving a hole in the mid-field. Dichio is still seriously concussed so we're
still lacking solid striking capability.
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Honestly! Every time Garth Lagerway started to wax poetic about the disparity in quality between
the two sides or about the class of United players and their ability in possession, the ball was
inevitably given away cheaply. I know, I know - curse of the commentator and all that. But come on!
That was just plain creepy.
Speaking of creepy - how about that officiating?
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