MLS Awards Finalists Announced
The LA Galaxy —
... Fan voting, which determines the Goal of the Year award, begins today and runs through Nov. 5 when the original group of 35 is cut down to 10. That will be followed by another round of voting from Nov. 6 until Nov. 12 which will see the 10 semifinalists cut down to five finalists. Those five goals will then be voted on once again from Nov. 13 until Nov. 18, with the winner being announced on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Click here to place your vote for the Sierra Mist Goal of the Year Award.
JC Show/Bliss Inducted/Final 5 Named
Hillcrest Road —
... The 5 finalists for the Sierra Mist Goal of the Year have been named, and Davy Arnaud is unfortunately not on the list. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go vote and make sure that Danny Cepero's fortunate goalie goal doesn't win. Seriously. Vote for Will Johnson's sick flick and finish or even Blanco's long-ranger, but please don't let Cepero win. Vote and watch the finalists here.
CEPERO A GOAL OF THE YEAR FINALIST
Red Bulls Reader —
... has made it to the final round for the MLS Goal of the Year!! Juan Pablo joined him in the final 10, but only Danny was able to advance. So with just one Red Bull to vote for, let’s start our push to get Danny this award!!
Voting begins today at 11 AM (if you click on the link before 11, don’t be confused by the banner saying that voting begins tomorrow, tomorrow is today, so we hope that clears that up), so vote early, vote often, and vote Danny!!
CLICK HERE TO VOTE
Here is the video of Danny’s goal, ...
Thursday Kicks: Galaxy's Franklin Named Rookie of the Year & More
100 Percent Soccer —
... In other MLS awards-related news, Rolling Hills Estates Robbie Rogers is one of the five finalists for Goal of the Year. Vote here. Roger already beat out Beckham to become one of the finalists; can he do the same to Blanco? ...
Goal of the Year: Vote or a Kitten Dies
The Offside Rules —
... Now y'all need to make your own call but this is my pick for Goal of the Year. RSL's Will Johnson just got so sick with it on this one that not even the combined casts of E.R., Gray's Anatomy and Trapper John M.D. could save him. Goal of the Year voting ends tomorrow so if you want to put your stamp on this year's proceedings go to MLSnet and vote right now; voting ends on Tues. Nov. 18th so don't get wait too long or you'll find yourself disenfranchised.
REPORT: Goal Of The Year Deadline Tuesday - VOTE!
Major League Soccer (MLS) Rumors - For the time between the games —
... The Sierra Mist Goal of the Year will be announced on Nov. 19, 2008. Voting resumes tomorrow for. Click here to vote: http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/awards/2008/goal_of_the_year/ ...
Monday Backpasses: It's my birthday, so go vote
Unprofessional Foul —
... Oh, and if you are in a voting mood, go vote for MLS goal of the year. I say it is Cepero, but as long as it is not Blanco, I'm happy [MLS Net] ...
Johnson wins MLS Goal of the Year
Soccer By Ives —
... was the winner of the 2008 Sierra Mist Goal of the Year for his flick and volley in a must-win game against FC Dallas on Oct. 18, the league announced today. Johnson's goal received the most votes in online fan voting.
Chris Wingert started the sequence by playing the ball to Johnson's feet at the top-right of the 18-yard box. The Toronto, Canada native flicked the up and hit a first-time strike past Dario Sala for the game-winner in a 3-1 victory against FC Dallas.
Here is the goal.
Ironically, that goal wasn't good enough to be goal of the week in ...
MLS Goal of the Year (& Other Awards)
100 Percent Soccer —
... MLS detractors will seize upon this as more evidence of the stolidly unspectacular level of play in the league. I will simply note there were better candidates. See it here. ...
Crazy Busy Week
WVHooligan - Soccer Blog —
... lists for the two MLS Cup participants today and tomorrow.
Until then here are some links for things that are happening around the league and the country for that matter.
Cooper and Adu scored for US last night in their 2-0 win in Colorado (btw where were the fans for that one?)
Blanco goes on loan to Santos - just for six games
Landon Donovan possible goes on a long loan to Bayern Munich? - Just a word I’ve heard, no link yet.
Will Johnson wins goal of the year. - Not bad but definitely not the best goal of ...
