Toronto MB Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 1. Tomasz Radzinski Was Canada's premier player during a dismal WCQ campaign and achieved well in Greece. I give this award also in recognition of a star exiting the national team stage after a much respected career. 2. Rob Friend Oustanding work in ensuring the promotion of Monchengladbach, and has still been solid as they struggle to stay up in the Bundesliga 1 this season. Was misused during WCQ but still scored a crucial goal vs. Brazil for the nats. 3. Michael Klukowski Has really come into his own as a mature left-back. While Serioux made a strong case as well, Kluka was our best defender of the campaign and put in a great performance vs. Brazil as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Closet V Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 1. Julian DeGuzman 2. Mike Klukowski 3. Rob Friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFC Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 1. Radzinski 2. Gerba 3. Klukowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 1st place: Tomasz Radzinski. Canada's best international player in 2008 and a star in his domestic league. Frankly, he also gets some love for me for being generally underappreciated throughout his career. 2nd place: Lars Hirschfeld. Our best international goalkeeper and also a guy who had some success with the top team in Romania. He was a hard choice, but there was nothing to choose between him and third (and fourth and fifth, for that matter). 3rd place: Dwayne De Rosario. Another solid year in Houston, and even if MLS doesn't get its due from most of us I just voted for guys playing in the Balkans so if anyone can get away with it, it's me! Didn't put up the counting numbers internationally but he was one of the few Canadians to really make an impact domestically in a top league (Friend was written in pencil here until I lost my nerve voting for a second-division player). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devioustrevor Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 1st - JDG 2nd - Radz 3rd - Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 1st - Radzinski 2nd - JDG 3rd - Lars And as requested by Winnipeg Fury, here's some photos of the JDG award presentation for the 2007 competition (summer 2008 in Montreal): http://www.flickr.com/photos/11714573@N00/page14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTL_4_LIFE Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 1st - Ali Gerba 2nd - Julian De Guzman 3rd - Thomas Radzinski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 1. De Guzman 2. Radzinski 3. Friend 4. Gerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adma Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 1. JDG 2. Radzinkski 3. Friend Thanks Guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artoo Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Tomasz Radzinski - My polak bro :-) 2. Dwayne De Rosario - My Canadian Hero 3. Pat Onstad - A Fury legend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Tomasz Radzinski 2( Mike Klukowski 3 Julian de Guzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusch to the Corner Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. De Guzman 2. Friend 3. Radzinski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italie2006 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Gerba, so good to see him scoring 6 goals for Canada. 2. Radz, best players during the qualifications 3. M. Klukowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare431 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Ali Gerba 2. Radzinski 3. Mike Klukowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonm Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Dwayne De Rosario 2. Lars Hirschfeld 3. Ali Gerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1. Julian De Guzman 2. Rob Friend 3. Tomasz Radzinski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 quote:Originally posted by jasonm 1. Dwayne De Rosario 2. Lars Hirschfeld 3. Ali Gerba I'm not gonna comment on everyone choices but #1 and #2 here are shocking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordsnooty Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 1) Rob Friend 2) Julian DeGuzman 3) Simeon Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM2 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 1. Tomasz Radzinski 2. Rob Friend 3. Julian de Guzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Kusch to the Corner 1. De Guzman 2. Friend 3. Radzinski Kusch to the Corner, are you posting from Manitoba ? Drop me a line if you are in Friendly Manitoba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-A Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 1. Ali Gerba 2. Tomasz Radzinski 3. Julian De Guzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Not to take anything away from the other players that have been nominated here, but I'm kind of surprised how many submissions don't have Ali Gerba in the Top 3. 6 Goals this year all in World Cup Qualifying. As Canadian supporters, shouldn't performances playing for Canada play the most important role in choosing our player of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 quote:Originally posted by gwallace76 Not to take anything away from the other players that have been nominated here, but I'm kind of surprised how many submissions don't have Ali Gerba in the Top 3. 6 Goals this year all in World Cup Qualifying. As Canadian supporters, shouldn't performances playing for Canada play the most important role in choosing our player of the year? 4 of those goals were scored against an amazingly weak team...apparently Hope Solo said after watching the SVG games "I could've scored those goals". Only one goal by Ali was really important, the goal in Chiapas, it brought us back into a game when we were still in the hunt. I don't give much value to the 4 goals against SVG just like I don't give much importance to everyone performances in those 2 games. You could also add that Ali is playing third division football and has a tough time sticking with his clubs. That's why he isn't in my list (who so far only has Radz...I might add a number 2 and 3 before the 31st). Joyeux Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Yes his 4 goals against SVG were against weaker competition, but let's face it Canada has a habit of messing up should win games. His 4 goals helped us make it past SVG and were in World Cup Qualifying regardless of the quality of the opponent. Don't forget his strike in Edmonton was also fantastic. We may have been out of it, but Mexico was still in the hunt and a dangerous opponent. I'm not debating the fact of whether Gerba should be #1. That clearly is debatable. I'm just shocked that he's not on everyone's Top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I'm sorry but I've never seen us loosing or even having a hard time with teams like SVG. We're always going to score in those games no matter who is playing up front. Good for Ali to score 6 goals but if you were a CCC or B2 scout and you are hearing about that guy who scored 4 goals in 2 games against SVG, would you really care? Maybe like you said he should get more love but I also understand why some are voting for players with much better club career pedigree. Edit: so far Gerba is third behind Radz and JDG, where he shoulf be IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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