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Fredy Montero- Seattle Sounders Player Profile

2010-01-12T00:52:00.000-08:00

Colombian striker.

2009
He finished 3rd in the race for the Golden Boot, with a player of the week, player of the month and 2 goal of the week awards.

Kasey Keller- Seattle Sounders Player Profile

2010-01-12T00:44:00.000-08:00

American goalkeeper.

2009
Picked up the inorgaral save of the week award in week 10 of the season, winning the same award once more later in the season. He was also given 1 player of the week award.

Robbie Findlay- Real Salt Lake Player Profile

2009-12-24T10:31:00.000-08:00

25 year old American striker.

(Updated 24th December)
American League Football- 26 goals in 181 games [Real Salt Lake(24-172), LA Galaxy(2-9)]

Juan Pablo Angel- New York Red Bulls Player Profile

2009-12-24T10:18:00.000-08:00

34 year old Colombian striker.

(Updated 24th December)
English League Football- 44 goals in 175 games (Aston Villa)
Argentine League Football- 45 goals in 91 games (River Plate)
American League Football- 45 goals in 72 games (New York)

Career- 134 goals in 338 games

Conor Casey- Colorado Rapids Player Profile

2009-12-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

28 year old American striker.

(Updated 24th December)
German League Football- 25 goals in 93 games [Mainz(3-40), Karlsruher(14-30), Hannover(8-23)]
American League Football- 29 goals in 61 games [Colorado(29-59), Toronto(0-2)]

Career- 54 goals in 154 games

2009
Finished second in the golden boot, on top of winning 4 player of the week awards and one for player of the month.

Jeff Cunningham- FC Dallas Player Profile

2009-12-24T10:08:00.001-08:00

33 year old American striker.

(Updated 24th December)
American League Football- 111 goals in 317 games [Dallas(22-39), Toronto(6-32), Real Salt Lake(9-38), Colorado(12-26), Columbus(62-182)]

2009
Cunningham won the golden boot on top of 4 player of the week awards, 1 player of the month award and 3 goal of the week awards.

Seattle Sounders 0 v 2 Chelsea FC- Seattle Sounders Match Report

2009-07-22T15:54:00.000-07:00

It took 19 year old Sturridge just 11 minutes to score his first Chelsea goal as he was found in space by Malouda and calmly curled the ball home low past ex-Spurs keeper Kasey Keller. Deco had an impressive first half despite speculation that he's no longer wanted, setting up both Anelka and Sturridge for chances. Seattle big name Freddie Ljungberg also played well running at the slightly nervous Chelsea defence, hitting a free kick and a deflected shot which each forced Cech into good saves. However Chelsea went 2-0 up in the first half with a quality move that saw Bosingwa and the two strikers combine to pull the ball square into the box for Lampard to coolly finish.

Di Santo had a frustrated but promising night, coming close a couple of times, with Mikel and Shevchenko also having late chances. Carvalho looked back to good fitness and it's no wonder Chelsea seem to be wanting more to hang onto him, especially with Man City still sniffing around John Terry. A very poor performance from Hilario despite the clean-sheet would seem to have moved him below newly signed Englishman Ross Turnbull in the race to become Chelsea's reserve goalkeeper for next season, with Hilario flapping at crosses and kicking poorly when he had little else to do.

MLS Results- Matchday 18

2009-07-17T00:52:00.000-07:00

New England Revolution
CD Chivas

New York Red Bulls 1 Angel(19 matches,7 goals,1 assist)
LA Galaxy 3 Eskandarian(10 matches,5 goals), Donovan(13 matches,7 goals,5 assists), Lewis(16 matches,2 goals,3 assists)

Toronto FC
Houston Dynamo

DC United
Colorado Rapids

Columbus Crew
Real Salt Lake

Chicago Fire
San Jose Earthquakes

MLS Results- Matchday 17

2009-07-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

Seattle Sounders 2 Montero (9 goals,4 assists,15 games), Ianni (1 goal,1 assist,10 games)
Houston Dynamo 1 Davis (3 goals,5 assists,18 games)

New England Revolution 0
Kansas City Wizards 0

Chicago Fire 0
Columbus Crew 0

Colorado Rapids 1 Kimura (2 goals,13 games)
FC Dallas 0

San Jose Earthquakes 1 Huckerby (2 goals,2 assists,9 games)
Toronto FC 3 Barrett 2 (4 goals,1 assist,17 games), Vitti (2 goals,16 games)

CD Chivas 0
LA Galaxy 1 Buddle (3 goals,12 games)

Top Teams

Houston P17 Pts31
Seattle P17 Pts 28
Chivas P16 Pts 27
Chicago P16 Pts 25
Toronto P16 Pts 25

Top Scorers

Guillermo Barros Scheletto (Columbus) 13 (10 goals and 3 assists)
Freddy Montero (Seattle) 13 (9 goals and 4 assists)
Omar Cummings (Colorado) 13 (6 goals and 7 assists)
Jonathan Jagua (Seattle) 12 (6 goals and 6 assists)
Landon Donovan (LA) 10 (6 goals and 4 assists)

Houston Dynamo Player Profile- Ade Akinbiyi

2009-07-11T12:57:00.000-07:00

The 34 year old Nigerian striker is valued around £1 million.

Akinbiyi spent last season helping Burnley get promoted to the English Premier League, and has real height and power, though the accuracy of his heading could be greater.

Akinbiyi has yet to score in 10 games for Houston this season. The inaccuracy of some of his shooting is counting against him again.

Kansas City Wizards Player Profile- Santiago Hirsig

2009-07-11T12:43:00.000-07:00

The 31 year old Argentinean midfielder is valued at around £2 million.

The former San Lorenzo and Arsenal FC player has under-performed with just 1 assist and no goals in 14 games.

San Jose Earthquakes Player Profile- Darren Huckerby

2009-07-11T12:36:00.000-07:00

The 33 year old English left-winger/striker is valued at around £2 million.

The former Coventry, Man City, Leeds and Norwich striker has excellent pace despite his age and dribbling ability, as famously shown by his goal against Man Utd more than 10 years ago.

In 6 games this season Huckerby has failed to score, despite setting up 2 goals.

Landon Donovan- LA Galaxy Player Profile

2009-07-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

The 27 year old American striker Landon Donovan is valued at around £3 million.

Donovan is a very quick, hard-working striker with amazing touch. Donovan's finishing and passing are very good, but he lacks a little strength.

2009
Donovan finished 4th in the Golden Boot award, with one goal of the week, one player of the week and one player of the month award.

LA Galaxy Player Profile- Alecko Eskandarian

2009-07-08T19:29:00.000-07:00

The 26 year old has real pace but often lacks accuracy when shooting. He's fairly two-footed and has decent ball control. The former Real Salt Lake, Toronto and DC United striker had scored just 1 goal in 7 games with Predrag Radosavljevic's Chivas side, but capped a magnificent debut for LA with the winner against the New England Revolution.

Columbus Crew Player Profile-Guillermo Barros Schelotto

2009-07-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

36 year old Argentine attacking midfielder.

(Updated 24th December)
American League Football- 24 goals in 73 games (Columbus)
Argentine League Football- 102 goals in 371 games [Boca Juniors(57-190), Gimnasia(45-181)]

Career- 126 goals in 444 games

Chicago Fire Player Profile- Cuauhtemoc Blanco

2009-07-08T14:07:00.000-07:00

The 36 year old Mexican attacking midfielder is still valued at around £2 million.

Blanco scored twice against CD Chivas and as a substitute against FC Dallas, with coach Denis Hamlett's side winning both matches.