Yahoo! Sports: Ranking MLS's Top 20 Players

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Bears Just Want To News
Published 2/14/2008 by brucio at du Nord
MLS News Frank Dell'apa of the Boston Globe reports that New England forward Taylor Twellman did not travel with the team to training camp in Bermuda due to his groin injury. And two Costa Rican players will be joining the team for a try out. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Buzz Carrick of 3rd Degree gives a rave-up on the Brazilian FC Dallas just signed from Paranaense - Andre Rocha. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ American Soccer Daily says American defender Nat Borchers has returned from Odd Grenland in Norway to sign with Real Salt Lake. The question not answered in this article is how RSL got his rights. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

TGIF: Houston DP, Plus Other Rumors
Published 2/15/2008 by drew.epperley at WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
Happy end-of-the-work-week to you all. I must say it is definitely a TGIF kind of Friday for this guy here, its been a hectic week of work in my normal job and the MLS thankfully has kept me on my toes enough to say the least as well. Let’s get down to it though for the morning shall we? Okay, a decent bit of talk out there yesterday about a possible designated player signing in the league. No mention of the player and in some circles no mention of the team. Others seem to get the idea that it is Houston ...

Jimmy Conrad Top 20 in MLS
Published 2/15/2008 by M at Down the Byline
This was posted a few days ago, but thought I'd throw it out there. Martin Rogers over on Yahoo Sports has ranked the top 20 players in MLS according to him. At number 17 on the list, is Wizards defender and captain, Jimmy Conrad. About Conrad, Rogers says, "Experienced, he's one of the league's most solid defenders." I don't know how much I can argue with where he's located, although I have problems where some players are ranked on the list. I think someone like Christian Gomez is ranked too low, as is Juan Pablo Angel in my opinion. I also think that David Beckham is ranked too high on the list.

MLS Top 20 Players?
Published 2/17/2008 by Laurie at The Offside
MLS Top 20 Players? By: Laurie | February 17th, 2008 Martin Rogers over at Yahoo Sports has given us his top 20 list of MLS players. (Click the link for his reasoning behind his picks.) What do you think? Me: Shalrie Joseph #1?!? He’s good, but #1? 1. Shalrie Joseph , midfielder, New England Revolution 2. Brad Guzan, goalkeeper, Chivas USA 3. Luciano Emilio, forward, D.C. United 4. David Beckham, midfielder, Los Angeles Galaxy 5. Michael Parkhurst, defender, New England Revolution 6. Dwayne De Rosario, midfielder/forward, Houston Dynamo 7. Guillermo Barros Schelotto, midfielder, Columbus Crew 8. Jozy Altidore, forward, New York ...

YAHOO!!! We own 10% of the 20 BEST MLS PLAYERS!
Published 2/21/2008 by Dave Martinez at New York Red Bulls
Put this under the “MEANINGLESS POLLS FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES” category. Yahoo! has once again graced us with their professional soccer opinions! This time around, they rank the top 20 players in the MLS, all based on past league merit, with a slight basis on past ability. Meaning Marcelo Gallardo will not make the list. How well did we do? Well, read the blog title! And it gets better! But first, in the great honor of misleading information through journalism (I learn it from the New York Times), I must confess, 10%, though a nice sized percentage, is meaningless. Fact of the matter is, Los Angeles has 10% ...

Top 20 Youngsters In MLS…
Published 2/22/2008 by Bonji at From College to the Pros - The US soccer ladder
Last week Martin Rogers posted his top 20 players in MLS. This has started a lot of discussion on Big Soccer and other forums. Heck, even ...