Let's not play games. For the last two years, this lovely site has cleaned up the competition at some very prestigious online soccer-writing awards. This year, the awards scene has multiplied exponentially. Categories and nominations have expanded, so don't let your guard down please be sure to vote and I will of course begin preparing an earnest and heartfelt thank you speech dedicated to my family's pet dog Lassie who rescued me as a child from an abandoned mine by heroically overcoming a lack of opposable thumbs to scale down the two story mine while wearing an adorable dog-fitted miner hat with a light, firmly clasp my polo shirt's non-popped collar in her jaws, and then climb over 20 feet, myself in tow.

The last time the University of Wisconsin men's soccer team beat Indiana, most of the current Badger players were toddlers.

But they're all grown up now and helping the UW program continue to develop. They made their biggest statement yet Sunday afternoon.

Tomislav Zadro and Nick Janus scored and Max Jentsch (Hartland Arrowhead) saved a penalty kick as the Badgers knocked off the sixth-ranked Hoosiers 2-0 in a Big Ten Conference match watched by 1,194 fans at the McClimon Complex, their first win in the series since 1995.

As a Liverpool fan, you could be forgiven for not being surprised that I'm glad to see Arsenal lose their 'star' players. But honestly, it's not what you think. My concern is more for the behaviour of footballers... and the lack of respect with which Arsenal Football Club has been treated by many of it's players.