NEWS AND NOTES: PREKI, DONOVAN MVP, DYNAMO DUO, AND MORE
Landon Donovan name MVP
Landon Donovan has quickly become the most recognized American soccer player of all time. He has been a professional soccer player for over 10 years and won plenty of awards . . . except for the MLS MVP. Well his long awaited MVP award has finally arrived. Donovan scored 12 goals and provided 6 assists for the Galaxy this year. The Galaxy were the Western Conference Champions and will face Real Salt Lake on Sunday for the MLS Cup.
I think he deserves it. If New England would have made it deeper into the playoffs then you could have made a case that Shalrie Joseph should win the award.
Preki officially named Toronto FC coach
After two seasons at Chivas USA Preki walked away from the organization. Their were plenty of rumors that he would take over at Toronto and now it is official. Preki takes over for Chris Cummins who took the reigns after John Carver quit mid-season.
Dynamo midfielders on the move
Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden might not be returning to MLS next season. Clark has already said his goodbyes to Dynamo and made it very clear that he will not be back. Stuart Holden has been contacted by Scottish side Aberdeen and is trying to workout a winter transfer.
Ireland wants a rematch
Ireland feels cheated after their playoff loss to France. Henry handled the ball that lead to the goal that put France into the World Cup and eliminated Ireland. The Ireland FA has petitioned FIFA to allow a replay of the match. No one is confident that a rematch will actually be granted but they want through a big hissy fit anyways.
Ben Olsen retiring?
Goff at the soccerinsider is reporting that Ben Olsen is weighing retirement. Olsen has struggled with injury the last few years and might hang up his boots. He will make his decision within a week.