Today we look at Julien Baudet, Josh Wolff, Jordan Harvey and some other folks who don’t have names that begin with the letter J. …

The North American Soccer Reporters selected Galaxy goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts as Major League Soccer’s top player during week four.

Wow, no respect for Colorado in the Major League Soccer power rankings, as the Rapids fall one place to seventh overall after a 1-1 tie Saturday at Columbus, Ohio.

Colorado Rapids forward Conor Casey, who registered three goals against the Galaxy on Saturday in Carson, Calif., was voted Major League Soccer’s Player of the Week for week three.
This marks the second time Casey has received the honor. Previously he won in week 27 of the 2008 season after he notched his first career hat trick in a 5-4 victory over the New York Red Bulls.
The player-of-the-week award is selected by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters. Here are my votes for week three:
FIRST PLACE (TIE): conor …

How about that attendance at Thursday night’s RSL-Crew game in Salt Lake City? Officially, it was 11,806. From what I could see from the television camera angles of the far side of Rio Tinto Stadium and the two end zones, the actual number of butts in seats may have been half that.

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

As a member of the North American Soccer Reporters, I get to vote for the MLS player of the week. Here’s who i picked …

I voted for Seattle’s Fredy Montero for player of the week. The young Colombian scored twice and added an assist in the season opener for Major League Soccer and the MLS debut game of the Seattle Sounders.

Random thoughts and observations from Seattle’s 3-0 throttling of 2008 MLS Cup finalist New York on Thursday night. …