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Old 10-18-2006, 01:13 PM  #1
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MLS has announced the awards finalists, see here: http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_events_news.jsp?ymd=20061018&content_id=76120&vkey=mlscuppr2006&fext=.jsp

Three RSL players in the runnings: JC, Medhi and Klein!

Oh yeah, and no Ante Razov for MVP. Ha!
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Old 10-21-2006, 12:31 PM  #2
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I was a bit suprised to not see Ante in the running. But he really fell off as the season wore on. The thing Cunningham has going for him is that opposing defenses can afford to concentrate on him. And despite that he still had a career best season.
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Old 10-31-2006, 12:28 PM  #3
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Sorry Medhi. Looks like Bornstein edged you out.
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Old 10-31-2006, 11:32 PM  #4
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Sorry Medhi. Looks like Bornstein edged you out.

I have to agree with the decision. Bornstein is a game changer. But, I'm very happy to have Balouchey on my RSLs!
Old 11-09-2006, 09:40 PM  #5
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Cunningham = robbed!
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Old 11-10-2006, 03:27 PM  #6
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Cunningham = robbed!
Cunningham = last place team in the west. He wasn't going to win it. Usually MVP's make it so the team is either in the playoffs or winning the whole thing.

Without Cunningham, yes, we would be worse, but, we would still be in last place.
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Old 11-10-2006, 04:01 PM  #7
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Agree to disagree.

Cunningham would have had to break records to get us into the play-offs. Are you saying that if he would have been on a playoff team and had the exact same results that he would have been the MVP? I'm not sure that's a fair assessment of how an MVP should be awarded. Just because his team didn't achieve a high level of success doesn't mean his efforts were any less hurculean, much less "valuable".

Anyway, perhaps I'm just biased.
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Old 11-10-2006, 08:33 PM  #8
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Anyway, perhaps I'm just biased.
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Old 11-11-2006, 11:18 AM  #9
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No really. I think I may just be biased.
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Old 11-13-2006, 06:17 PM  #10
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The more I think about this, the more I agree. Now I've laid out before why I didn't think JC would get it. I think the nature of the award has favored someone who's a playmaker and at that on a team that's done relatively well during the season. But the more I think about it, the more I disagree to that approach to doling about the MVP. I'd really like to see things move away from that and focus more on what the player does for their team rather than how well their team does and how much the player was a part of that. Does that difference in approach make sense?
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