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MLS Best XI, Comeback Player of the Year
MLS Best XI, Comeback Player of the Year
FC Dallas striker Kenny Cooper honored for sterling return to form
MLS CUP FINAL: 2008 Best XI announcement
MLS CUP FINAL: 2008 Best XI announcement
web.mlsnet.com — November 22 --- MLSNet.com: Seven players - Jon Busch, Bakary Soumare, Chad Marshall, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Sacha Kljestan,... Robbie Rogers, and Kenny Cooper - were named to the team for the first time. --- Also included: Landon Donovan, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Shalrie Joseph, and Jimmy Conrad. (more) MLS CUP FINAL: 2008 Best XI announcement
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Video: MLS congratulates Comeback Player of the Year
youtube.com — (from MLSNet.com) Kenny Cooper's promising career was knocked off track a season ago by a broken right... leg. --- After a standout 2008, Cooper's career is firmly back on course, and the FCD forward has been rewarded by being named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. (more) Video: MLS congratulates Comeback Player of the Year
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Joseph again Best XI
New England Revolution — To almost no one’s surprise, Shalrie Joseph was named to the 2008 MLS Best XI team earlier today. He’ll be honored, along with the rest of the Best XI team, later this evening at the annual MLS Awads Gala. Also honored were Jon Busch, Chad Marshall, Bakary Soumare, Jimmy Conrad, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, ...

Cooper - MLS Best XI, Comeback Player of the Year
The Official FC Dallas Blog — MLS today announced that Kenny Cooper has been named to the 2008 MLS Best XI team, and was also named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. Cooper is the sixth player in team history to be selected to the MLS Best XI team, and second Dallas player to win the MLS Comeback Player of the Year. The Best XI is an annual award recognizing the League’s top 11 players at each individual position on the field – one goalkeeper, three defenders, five midfielders and two forwards. The MLS Comeback Player of the Year recognizes a player who has battled adversity and to returned to perform at the highest level in Major League Soccer. The winner of ...

Conrad Named to Best XI
Down the Byline — Not a surprising announcement today considering his nomination for Best Defender this year, but Wizards captain, Jimmy Conrad has been named to the MLS Best XI. This is Conrad's 4th appearance on the Best XI team. In 2008, Conrad played all 2700 minutes for the Wizards along with teammate Kevin Hartman, they were 2 of 6 players in the league to accomplish that. Of the Wizards 35 games in all competitions this year (30 MLS, 2 playoffs, 1 USOC qualifier, 2 USOC) Conrad appeared in all but one of those games. Congrats to Jimmy.

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