MLS announced this afternoon that L.A. Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has been named league MVP.
The honor, which is the first MVP trophy in the 29-year-old's 9-year career, comes as a precursor
to Sunday night's MLS Cup Final -- when Donovan and L.A. will take on Real Salt Lake.
Donovan, who had 12 goals and 6 assists in 25 games this year, beat out finalists Shalrie Joseph
(New England Revolution) and Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas) for the award.
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Thierry Henry certainly isn't making any Irish eyes smile tonight.
Ireland is fuming after Henry admittedly handled a ball that he immediately played to William
Gallas who put it in the net to tie Ireland at 1-1 and send France into the World Cup virtue of a
2-1 aggregate victory.
Here's a video of Henry's incident:
In my book, it's a complete shame that Ireland failed to make the World Cup because of such an
obvious hand ball.
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MLS announced it's 2009 Best XI today and one Fire player, defender Wilman Conde, made the list.
It's the first time on the Best XI for the 27-year-old Conde, who made the list despite missing 11
regular season games due to injury.
The honor caps a solid season for Conde, who was a rock in the back for the Fire and even
contributed two goals and two assists on the year.
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Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks to all the men and women of our armed forces out there
that our currently serving or have served our country. If any veterans are reading this, thanks for
helping out -- I can assure you that we all greatly appreciate your efforts in defending
America.
I'll be back later on today with a Mid-Week Update, so check back for that.
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I'll be talking with Denis Hamlett tomorrow so the time is now for you guys to pose questions to
the Fire's Head Man. Try and post your questions by 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and I'll do my best to get
them answered. No guarantees this time though, as I will be speaking to Hamlett via teleconference
-- meaning the number of questions I ask will be somewhat limited.
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Lost in the shuffle of the Fire's thrilling Eastern Conference Semifinals victory was the fact
that the team announced the 2009 awards on Friday night.
Wilman Conde, Brian McBride and Logan Pause were the recipients of the honors, which included
Team MVP, Team Golden Boot Winner, Team Defender of the Year and U.
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When their season on the line, the Fire needed a big-time performance from the back line in
Saturday night's second leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the New England
Revolution. And did the defense ever deliver, putting together a comprehensive performance to shut
down (and shutout) the Revolution and pave the way for the Fire to get into the Eastern Conference
Final.
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The two remaining MLS Conference Semifinal series were decided today, with the Houston Dynamo
and the L.A. Galaxy earning their places in the Western Conference Final. The teams booked their
tickets to the final -- which will be played next Friday at the Home Depot Center -- courtesy of
two 1-0 victories.
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