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September 2, 2008

WVH Weekly Awards: Espindola Strikes

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Lots of action in week 23 to count and figure out who shined brighter than who. To make this quick and simple I went with a two goal effort this week over a couple solid one goal efforts and a two assists effort out of a couple others. I went with Real Salt Lake's Fabian Espindola's [...] Click to continue reading...

July 27, 2008

Live Commentary: Galaxy at Dallas

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Hello, hello from Frisco, TX, time once again for another live commentary of FC Dallas. Today the Hoops host David Beckham and the LA Galaxy. I will try to do some play-by-play commentary on here for today's game that looks to be an interesting one for a few reasons. If you have any comments on the [. Click to continue reading...

July 23, 2008

Donovan Address Transfer Rumors

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By now most of you probably know of LA Galaxy striker and US National team captain Landon Donovan's interest in moving back across the pond again. He told reporters yesterday that his itch for playing in one of Europe's top leagues, like England, has starting itching more recently. "Competitively I have that itch to go test [. Click to continue reading...

June 25, 2008

Filling Out My All-Star Ballot

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I figure since I am going on vacation next week and the deadline is rapidly approaching for my All-Star ballot to be turned in I would post about it today. Feel free to take a stab or three at my picks with some of your own. Who knows I may change my mind before I [...] Click to continue reading...

June 23, 2008

WVH Weekly Award: Donovan Returns To Top

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I'm gonna handle this one real quick because there was no doubt in my mind and plus I already took care of this earlier in the day via email with some people. But Landon Donovan is the WVH player of the week for week 13. Two goals, his tenth and eleventh of the season was more [...] Click to continue reading...

June 2, 2008

Weekend Recap: Third of the Way Home

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So, week number 10 is in the books and we can pretty much say now we are a third of the way finished here this season. Most clubs have played at least 10 games here, a few stragglers have yet to reach the 10 spot but for argument sake, we are one-third of the way [...] Click to continue reading...

May 30, 2008

US Roster Named For Spain Friendly

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After the "slap in the face" by England this past week, the US men's national team must shift focus now to another world-class friendly across the pond. This time they travel down to Spain. Head coach Bob Bradley has named his roster for the friendly with a couple surprises: GOALKEEPERS- Dominic Cervi (out of contract), Brad Guzan [. Click to continue reading...

May 27, 2008

Oh Yeah, There’s US Open Cup Games Too

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How freakin' silly of me. For some reason I thought these two games were tomorrow night. Instead they are tonight. Yes, two other games going on tonight in the early stages of the 2008 US Open Cup. The LA Galaxy host the Colorado Rapids, while Real Salt Lake visits the Columbus Crew. The Columbus game is already [. Click to continue reading...

May 25, 2008

Weekend Recap: Three-Way Tie In East, Western Clubs Clog Standings

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Sitting in the Pizza Hut Park press box last night, I got into a discussion with a couple writers about the overall standings in Major League Soccer. Basically we all agreed that the parity is clogging up the standings and no one is running away with the points here this season. Week nine is even more [. Click to continue reading...

May 19, 2008

MLS Weekend Recap: Statement Week

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Week number eight is in the books and for some teams it was a statement week. Houston showed us the win at home last week wasn't a fluke as they go on the road and score their second straight win of the year. LA took their circus on the road and dropped a five-spot on [...] Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas - LA Recap

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On a beautiful afternoon in Frisco, Texas, the LA Galaxy came into Pizza Hut Park and walked away with their first road win since late 2007. A hat trick from Edson Buddle lead the charge in the 5-1 thrashing of the home side. "It was an embarrassing performance. We're all ashamed of ourselves in the locker [. Click to continue reading...

May 12, 2008

Monday Kicker: A Weekend of Firsts

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Week number seven is in the books. I think this weekend will easily go down as a weekend of firsts for some players and clubs. A couple guys got their first goal of the year, others got their first ever MLS goal of their careers. One club got it's first win of the year while we [...] Click to continue reading...

May 9, 2008

Weekend Preview: Western Sides Clash; NY at LA; and Chivas on the Rebound

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A lighter weekend for Major League Soccer here in week seven. Only five games unlike the normal six that we've been accustom to so far this season. Both KC and Toronto have the weekend off to regroup or whatever they both need to do in a week off. The usual game format for the weekend stands [...] Click to continue reading...

May 5, 2008

Monday Kicker: Crew Still On Top; Houston Still Winless

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A weekend that saw fewer goals but enough drama to keep us interested is over. Week six is in the books and a few things remain as they were at the start of the weekend. The eastern conference is still very close at the top, while the western side is starting to heat up. Only 14 [...] Click to continue reading...

April 30, 2008

WVH April Awards and Best XI

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Keeping up with a tradition of last year on the last day of each month I typically try and do a monthly award thing. Usually it's a decent barometer of what the end of year awards will possibly look like. Some awards change from month-to-month but others stay on board. As always if you have [...] Click to continue reading...

April 28, 2008

WVH Week 5 Awards

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My week five awards may resemble my April Awards that will come out last this week. I'm gonna make this snappy since there really isn't much to build up for the player of the week in Major League Soccer here. Without a doubt it has to be Landon Donovan. Solid hat trick, and the guy [...] Click to continue reading...

Monday Kicker: Wild Weekend Sees Crew On Top

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Stand up if you had the Columbus Crew leading the way in Major League Soccer after five weeks. Do it. Stand up...anybody? No? Yeah thought so. Okay, now if you had the two-time defending MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo winless through five stand up. Again, nobody? Wow, yeah. That's just how crazy this season has [. Click to continue reading...

April 22, 2008

What Did Landon Say?

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Its probably a not a million dollar question yet but for those who've watched the game between the LA Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo or at least saw the highlights know that when Landon Donovan scored his club's first goal he sure was pissed at someone. That someone was Patrick Ianni. If you don't recall a [. Click to continue reading...