USMNT: The (Car Company) Player of the Year
Update: I'm going to move occasionally to the top of the blog for people to see. Voting will close September 21, and we'll total it up using the same methodology as the official ballot.
The nominees for the Honda Player of the Year are announced over as US Soccer Players. An "elite group of jounalists" will get to vote on who wins. I'm gonna guess that it doesn't include me. However, let's see how close we get. Feel free to submit your first, second, and third place votes in the comments. I'll total 'em up, and see how close we come to what the "elite group" of journalists decided.
My Choices?
1st: Kasey Keller
2nd: Oguchi Onyewu
3rd: Landon Donovan
The Eligible players, according to the press release:
Goalkeepers: Kasey Keller
Defenders: Chris Albright, Gregg Berhalter, Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo, Jimmy Conrad, Cory Gibbs, Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall, Oguchi Onyewu, Eddie Pope, Greg Vanney
Midfielders: Chris Armas, DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convey, Clint Dempsey, Eddie Lewis, Pablo Mastroeni, John O'Brien, Ben Olsen, Santino Quaranta, Steve Ralston, Claudio Reyna, Kerry Zavagnin
Forwards: Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Ed Johnson, Brian McBride, Pat Noonan, Taylor Twellman, Josh Wolff
posted by D @ 2:00 PM
8 Comments:
1. Run DMB
2. Keller
3. Gooch
1. Beasley
2. Reyna
3. Keller
hmm, no MLSers in there??
1. Keller
2. Gooch
3. Run DMB
Hmmm, Oscar, good point about no MLSers. But you can't argue with the way these guys have been playing in their foreigner leagues or for the nats...
You could make a strong case for Twellman or Donovan. But Donovan wins it every year, let's give it to someone else.
Well, I case a 3rd place for Landy, but could easily have given it elsewhere. Other than him, there are no other MLSers I would even put in the top 5. Twellman, as a Nat, doesn't deserve it.
1. Beasley
2. Donovan
3. Keller
How could you not have Beasley in the top three?
Beasley's oversight mainly comes from him missing those games, but I think I feel sufficiently guilty about it now to realize that he should have been my #3 or #2 choice. Keller still would have been #1 for me.
1. Beasley
2. Keller
3. Reyna
Honorable Mention: Onyewu
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