For what it's worth vote (http://bestof2007-ussoccer.blogspot.com/) for Goffinho!

-Don't be so modest, Mr. Goff. "We" didn't provide all those stories; "You" provided all those stories.

Why do they give the last awards to the behind the scenes guys? Not that they're not important . . .

Behind the scenes awards are presented at the league's gala dinner the night before the final.

From a long-term fan's perspective, United's success and its loyal following is due in very large part to the fantastic staff at United. Those honors are well-deserved.

Ive met Boris before. Amazingly great guy. He def. deserves an award.

Hopefully Veron shows up right after the draft. Would be nice.

Congrats to Scott. He's been my ticket rep since forever, and whatever my request he is quick to complete it.

""""You guys can call me Jim Kelly for all you want," Twellman said.""

HA HA HA !!!

GO UNITED!!! Twellman's officially given up, but we saw that yesterday as he waited for balls all day long.

Dan Giffin is my ticket rep and when I send him an email with a question or request, he emails AND phones me back within minutes every time! The award from MLS is well deserved.

New York seemingly wants to talk to *everybody*.

I mean, just the other day, my kid brother got a call from RBNY regarding an assistant coaching position after learning he had won a regional FIFA08 video game tournament.

mlsrumors is reporting that James' kid brother is the new coach of NJ. Trekker should have an interview this evening.

Steve - is MLS paying attention to the interviewees and following their own minority hiring initiative they announced, I think it was last year. Between NY and SJ, I haven't seen one minority actually interviewed for an open position - unless Yallop's Canadian citizenship counts.

So....word around the campfire is that MLS has decided to keep the grandfather clause for another year. You know, the one that kept prissy pants Donovan in LA, 'cause he ain't movin' away from either of his mommies. Is this true? Why didn't Garber mention this in his State of the League address or at the Supporters' Summit?

Great question.

I asked Garber if San Jose did, in fact, follow protocol and interview a minority candidate for their head coaching job. He said they absolutely did, but wouldn't reveal any names.

I'm sure, among the 84 candidates in NY, a few will meet the criteria.

Brian, you forgot Gullit in LA, who is a minority.

Why didn't Garber mention this in his State of the League address or at the Supporters' Summit?

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Had not been finalized.

Good point, S. I forgot about Ruud.

Thanks for checking on that, Steve. I should have known you were on the ball.

Why is it called an expansion "draft?" In the current format, all the team does is give a list. There's no sequence to the selections (and if there actually is, there's no significance to the sequence), like there was when teams could protect players in later rounds, or when two teams were considering among the same players.

All the same, I hope SJ takes someone useless when they raid United. Can we re-sign Stokes just to make him available on Wednesday?

Reason it's called an expansion "draft"

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: draft
Pronunciation: \'draft, 'dräft\
Function: verb
Date: 1714
transitive verb

1: to select for some purpose: as a: to conscript for military service b: to select (a professional athlete) by draft.

CMJ, Dan Giffiin's my rep too. Glad that my three group ticket buys helped him him claim an award.

Maybe now he wouldn't school me so badly during those O40 7v7 games out at the MD Soccerplex... ;-)

Harloff and miller are the best. If I want something done about my tickets those two are on it!! woo hoo

how many soccer blogs note sales guys? haha

I think all members of DC's staff need thanks. Without the dedicated efforts of those behind the scenes putting the grounds and the match day experience together or dealing with everything between matches to bring us the experience we crave - we'd be Red Bull.

Big Thanks to ALL DCU Personnel for another fine year and hopefully we'll bring back even MORE season ticket holders next year.

When is that Kyle Sheldon guy gonna head-up another team's PR to show them how its done?

Soccer America predicts NCAA at-large bids for Maryland, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia; Loyola (Md.) and Old Dominion get in as conference champs. Now the question is where they get seeded:

Top 16: First-round bye
Middle 16: First-round home game
Bottom 16: First-round away game

As soon as he gets a break from running BobbyBoswell.com

Reason it's called an expansion "draft"
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And I thought it ad something to do with beer's effect on my waist.

News from NCAA-land: Maryland, Virginia Tech, West Virginia get first-round byes; Loyola (Md.), Virginia, Old Dominion host first-round games this weekend. Two ACC teams (Boston College and Wake Forest) get the top two overall seeds. For more information go to:

http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/mens/brackets/viewable/straight64_dyn/2007/DI

Was that Iraqi story supposed to link to one about their national team?

With the list of unprotected players up on the MLS site, I thought I'd take a shot at a potential draft. Given that I thought about this for 5 minutes and have no idea who is injured, out of a contract, have agents indicating intentions abroad, here are my 10 selections:
Zack Wells - Houston
Andy Dorman - NE
Rod Dyachenko - DC
Chris Brown - SLC
Diego Gutierrez - CHI
Jose Burciaga - KC
Joe Vide - NY
Connor Casey - COL
Ned Grabavoy - CLB
Kevin Harmes - LAG