For the past two years, the New England Revolution has been trying to find a replacement for Taylor Twellman. Searching for a dependable goal scorer, the Revs have tried rookies and European veterans, but have thus far failed to find long-term success with any of the players they've inserted up top.

It may be a total shot in the dark, but if you ask Mike Burns or Steve Nicol about their assessment of the recently-concluded calendar year, they'd both probably say that 2010 didn't quite go they way they had planned. Just a wild guess.

But, I would bet my sweat-stained orange crush Tea Men t-shirt that a losing record, the retirement of Taylor Twellman, and the early-season suspension of skipper Shalrie Joseph weren't on the agenda as 2010 opened.