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My votes for player of the month

March 31, 2009 | 7:08 am 2

By George Tanner

After being brazenly accused of being a homer by “Mike,” my votes for player of the month for March migrated northwest.

I went with Fredy Montero, who has three of Seattle’s five goals, and Kasey Keller, who has not allowed a goal in two victories for the first-place Sounders.

Here’s what I submitted to the North American Soccer Reporters:

PLAYER NAME: Fredy Montero, Seattle

SECOND: Kasey Keller, Seattle

COMMENTS: nobody’s first two weeks were bigger than montero’s. three HUGE goals and an assist. bravo!

George Tanner is a former writer and editor for the Rocky Mountain News; the Greeley Tribune; The Daily Independent of Ridgecrest, Calif.; the Durango Herald; and the Boulder Daily Camera. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado and an associate professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver. E-mail him at ColoradoSoccerNow@gmail.com.

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2 Comments »

mike said:

You’re northwest coast bias is starting to wear on me. Ha!
Seriously, those are my two picks too — well done.

March 31, 2009 at 8:57 am

Nick Thomas said:

Montero for sure. I may be a homer but how about Omar Cummings for number two? Two goals in two games. The boy is looking sharp.

March 31, 2009 at 9:17 pm

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