Thursday, July 10, 2008

Reis, Joseph and Parkhurst named to MLS All-Star First XI

Here's the complete First XI:

Goalkeeper: Matt Reis (New England Revolution)

Defenders: Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

Forwards: Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)


And here is a list they released of some of the top vote-getters (only those named to the first XI on this list are guaranteed a spot on the roster):

GOALKEEPERS Fans Players Media Coach/GMs Combined
Matt Reis 11.8 57.8 62.2 77.3 52.3
Jon Busch 10.6 8.2 15.6 11.4 11.4
DEFENDERS Fans Players Media Coach/GMs Combined
Michael Parkhurst 9.2 31.0 47.8 47.7 33.9
Frankie Hejduk 17.3 36.2 31.1 31.8 29.1
Jimmy Conrad 10.8 28.4 26.7 38.6 26.2
Gonzalo Segares 6.8 10.8 27.8 20.4 16.4
Bakary Soumare 5.6 9.5 25.6 11.4 13.0
MIDFIELDERS Fans Players Media Coach/GMs Combined
David Beckham 38.9 49.6 82.2 79.6 62.6
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 25.9 40.1 74.4 54.6 48.8
Shalrie Joseph 7.7 40.5 48.9 65.9 40.8
Sacha Kljestan 9.1 46.1 24.4 56.8 34.1
Robbie Rogers 13.0 38.4 24.4 45.4 30.3
Dwayne De Rosario 17.3 37.1 23.3 38.6 29.1
Steve Ralston 6.0 14.2 23.3 25.0 17.1
G. Barros Schelotto 14.6 16.0 25.6 9.1 16.3
Maurice Edu 14.1 12.5 16.7 18.2 15.4
FORWARDS Fans Players Media Coach/GMs Combined
Landon Donovan 29.3 66.8 82.2 93.2 67.9
Kenny Cooper 7.4 30.6 33.3 40.9 28.1
Luciano Emilio 5.7 12.5 38.9 15.9 18.3
Brian Ching 6.4 12.5 7.8 25.0 12.9

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

World Cup Qualifying: Grenada fall 3-0 to Costa Rica

Shalrie Joseph played the full 90 minutes as Grenada's hopes of advancing in World Cup Qualifying came to a crashing halt. After drawing 2-2 last weekend in Grenada, the "spice boyz" fell 3-0 on the road to Costa Rica to be eliminated from contention for a place in the 2010 World Cup. While the result is bad for Joseph and Grenada, it may be good for the Revolution: had Grenada advanced, Joseph surely would have missed many more games for the Revs later this season.

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Joseph available tonight?

According to Frank Dell'Apa over at his blog Corner Kicks at Boston.com, Shalrie Joseph was at training yesterday with the Revolution and should play tonight against the Red Bulls. Joseph played for Grenada on Saturday and is expected to return to play for them again this weekend.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Joseph scores in Grenada's 2-1 upset over Jamaica

The New England Revolution's Shalrie Joseph scored a game tying 68th minute goal last night for Grenada before Jason Roberts (Blackburn Rovers/English Premier League) scored the game winner 9 minutes later against Jamaica. Jamaica was the heavy favorite, but Grenada did enough to secure a shock victory. The match was both teams final preparation before stage 2 of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying kicks off this weekedend.

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