*Hermosa Beach resident Abby Wambach and Dancing with the Stars star Hope Solo join Diamond
Bar's Alex Morgan and former LA Sol stars Marta and Aya Miyama on the 10-player short list.
Swedish U.S. women's coach Pia Sundhage is also up for FIFA Women's Coach of the Year.
The full lists are here.
Clueless? Is Ruud Gullit, who once had a clue about human rights and admired Nelson Mandela,
now ignoring similar issues in Eastern Europe all in pursuit of big rubles? (AP Photo)
The second column today isn't by me, it's by Associated Press columnist John Leicester. But it
certainly holds plenty of interest for Galaxy fans still simmering at the coaching record of Ruud
Gullit who was fired after a club-record 12-game winless streak in 2008, a season that ended with
the Galaxy's worst-ever record of 8-13-9.
