loyola Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=2562 Players In The News Thursday, October 19, 2006 De Rosario Up For MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario De Rosario could also take third straight MLS goal of the year award Ottawa, Ontario - Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Houston Dynamo was yesterday selected as a finalist for the MLS Most Valuable Player award to be announced on Thursday, November 9th. De Rosario was a runner-up last year for the award. The finalists earned the most votes in polling of MLS players, general managers, coaches, referees and members of the media. De Rosario was the first player in the league history to win in back-to-back MLS Goal of the Year award having won in the last two seasons. De Rosario will be looking to make it three straight with his goal against the Chicago Fire in Week 23 being listed in this year’s fan polling which began yesterday on MLSnet.com. To vote, click here All Awards Finalists Gatorade Rookie of the Year Finalists Mehdi Ballouchy - Real Salt Lake Jonathan Bornstein - Chivas USA Sacha Kljestan - Chivas USA MLS Comeback Player of the Year Finalists Chris Armas - Chicago Fire Alecko Eskandarian - D.C. United Richard Mulrooney - FC Dallas Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year Finalists Joe Cannon - Colorado Rapids Troy Perkins - D.C. United Matt Reis - New England Revolution Kraft Global Fair Play Finalists - Individual Chris Klein - Real Salt Lake Justin Mapp - Chicago Fire Steve Ralston - New England Revolution MLS Coach of the Year Finalists Bob Bradley - Chivas USA Peter Nowak - D.C. United Dave Sarachan - Chicago Fire MLS Defender of the Year Finalists Bobby Boswell - D.C. United Jose Burciaga Jr. - Kansas City Wizards Jimmy Conrad - Kansas City Wizards Honda MLS Most Valuable Player Finalists Jeff Cunningham - Real Salt Lake Dwayne De Rosario - Houston Dynamo Christian Gomez - D.C. United OSI Referee of the Year Finalists Brian Hall Michael Kennedy Ricardo Salazar Schedule of Awards Announcements: Wednesday, October 18 Sierra Mist Goal of the Year voting begins on MLSnet.com Thursday, October 19 Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year Kraft Global Fair Play Award (team and individual) Tuesday, October 24 MLS Defender of the Year MLS Comeback Player of the Year OSI Referee of the Year U.S. Soccer Foundation Humanitarian of the Year U.S. Soccer Foundation Team Humanitarian of the Year Tuesday, October 31 Gatorade Rookie of the Year MLS Coach of the Year Monday, November 6 Announcement of MLS Team Executive Awards Thursday, November 9 Honda MLS Most Valuable Player Friday, November 10 Sierra Mist Goal of the Year Saturday, November 11 RadioShack Best XI For more information, please visit MLSnet.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 [Puke] for those sponsored awards names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueviking Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 i have always been bewildered by dero...he gets such high praise year after year in MLS, yet he is generally invisible for the nats and cant get a sniff at even the low leagues of europe, where USL players seem to find homes. is MLS lower in calibre than it appears or is dero a different player when not in that comfort zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Was just gonna ask the same thing. There has been a lot of talk about him leaving MLS at the end of the season...but wasn't he just as good a couple seasons ago, not to mention two years younger (hence more upswing), when he really couldnt get anything going in Europe at all...some Americans who are former MLS stars seem to do alright abroad and that alone seems to debunk the MLS being crap for development line...but poor old DDR remains Canada's International Man of Mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 quote:Originally posted by nolando Was just gonna ask the same thing. There has been a lot of talk about him leaving MLS at the end of the season...but wasn't he just as good a couple seasons ago, not to mention two years younger (hence more upswing), when he really couldnt get anything going in Europe at all...some Americans who are former MLS stars seem to do alright abroad and that alone seems to debunk the MLS being crap for development line...but poor old DDR remains Canada's International Man of Mystery. I think it is the same for any lower league for instance the 2nd Bundesliga which is probably about the level of play that MLS is. Some 2nd Bundesliga stars go on to be stars in the 1st Bundesliga while others absolutly fail at the higher level. Sometimes an average player in the 2BL can be an effective role player at a higher level while his more talented colleague fails. At the lower level the speed of the game is often much slower and mistakes often go unpunished. Sometimes the skill set needed to shine in the lower league is different than that in the higher league. In judging the 2BL one could argue it is great because of the number of players who make it in the 1BL or alternatively that it is poor because of the number of players who can't make it in 1BL. MLS has produced some players who have had a lot of success in Europe but yet the majority of players couldn't make it in a top Euro league. My impression in DeRo's case is that the style and speed of play in MLS is very forgiving to the weaknesses in DeRo's game something that is not the case in most of our international matches which are indeed at a higher level of play than MLS matches (most of our main CONCACAF rivals have teams that are at least the level of an MLS all-star team with US and Mexico being much higher than that). (Onstad is another perfect example of someone who can be a star at MLS level but is quite poor when forced to play at a higher level.) I would love to see DeRo sign in Europe because I think he would be forced to improve some of these weak areas. With his natural talent he could be an amazing player for us if he could improve these weaknesses. Of course a player also needs to have a bit of luck to sign with a team where he can succeed and DeRo seems to have been a bit unlucky so far in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 To be fair, Dero had his break-out season in 2005. Since summer 2005, we have played all of 6 friendlies and he has not be called to more than 4. Of those, he has not played at the position for which he is being considered as MLS MVP (offensive mid). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 DeRo was offered a 6-month contract at Blackburn in Jan. 05 but didn't want to uproot his family without a longer guarantee. Then there is the infamous story about Kevin Keegan quitting Man City after the board of directors wouldn't allow him to sign DeRo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 What's with all the self-aggrandizing awards? What no, Post Cheerios Ball Boy of the Year? HAR!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueviking Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 quote: most of our main CONCACAF rivals have teams that are at least the level of an MLS all-star team with US and Mexico being much higher than that do you think that's true?....the american team is basically an MLS team itself...with a few additions from europe. most of the other CONCACAF nations are teams made up from local leagues...do you think that the local leagues of these tiny carribean countries are a higher calibre than MLS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 quote:Originally posted by trueviking do you think that's true?....the american team is basically an MLS team itself...with a few additions from europe. most of the other CONCACAF nations are teams made up from local leagues...do you think that the local leagues of these tiny carribean countries are a higher calibre than MLS? When the USA plays their A team it is mostly European players with a few MLS additions. Most of the subs are MLS players but the starters are in Europe. In their last WC game against Ghana the US started 8 European players and 3 MLS players. Even when they play friendlies without some of the Europeans their team is composed of the top level of MLS players. Most of our other CONCACAF rivals (and by rivals I mean teams that are around our level) like Jamaica, Trinidad, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras have a few European players mixed with their best domestic league players. Jamaica and Trinidad's leagues are not of the highest calibre but (probably as a result) they have a fair number of players in Europe. I think the level of play in the Guatemalan, Costa Rican and Honduran leagues is not that far off the MLS level and the top teams in these leagues like Saprissa for example are very competitive with those of the MLS and Mexico. Saprissa won the CONCACAF club championship in 2005 beating two Mexican teams and one MLS team on the way and also playing decently in the subsequent World Club Championship. This year Costa Rican clubs (Saprissa and Alajuelense) eliminated both MLS clubs from the competition. If you look at the roster of any of the better CONCACAF countries, Canada included, the level of players is much better than that of a MLS team and would at least be equivalent to that of an MLS all star team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 quote:Originally posted by trueviking ....the american team is basically an MLS team itself...with a few additions from europe. most of the other CONCACAF nations are teams made up from local leagues...do you think that the local leagues of these tiny carribean countries are a higher calibre than MLS? That isn't quite true. It's the other way around. All GK's are from Europe; defenders Berhalter, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Onyewu, midfielders Beasley, Convey, Gibbs, Lewis, Mastroeni, O'Brien, Reyna, and forward McBride are all in Europe. The majority of the starters are European based despite the MLS hype you may have heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Because of SEM and parity, MLS is better across the board than some CA leagues, but the top teams in CA are usually MUCH better than the last-place finishers in their own league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueviking Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 fair enough...thanks grizzly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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