Tuscan Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 MLSsoccer.com is doing this, but I thought it'd be interesting to do it here and see how opinions vary. It has been Canadianized to a degree. Offer your opinions and lets see if there are any trends. Game of the Year: MLS Breakout Player of the Year: Transaction of the Year: Assist of the Year: MLS Canadian Broadcast Call of the Year: Celebration of the Year: Controversy of the Year: Canadian Export of the Year: Canadian Underrated Player of the Year: Gaffe of the Year: Fantastic Finish of the Year: Story of the Year: Moment of the Year: MLS Canadian Breakout Player of 2011: CMNT Breakout Player of 2011: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Game of the Year: Whitecaps Home Opener vs TFC, 4-2 win for 'Caps. Atmosphere was goosebump inducing all night. You got chills standing in the Southside at Empire. (Biased?, Yes very much so) MLS Breakout Player of the Year: I'll go with Brek Shea, finally came into his own, produced at the rate people said he could 3 years ago. Transaction of the Year: Easy one, DeRo to DCU for Dax, this just might we transaction of the year again next season. Assist of the Year: Didn't watch enough other MLS games to give a fair winner, so one of Chiumiento's MLS Canadian Broadcast Call of the Year: None Canadian brodacasters in the MLS are horrible, so one of Mackewan's gaffe's Celebration of the Year: Dunfields home opener dive into the stands of his hometown fans. (too bad his stay in Van didn't last) Controversy of the Year: The Ref's bullying and hatred of Hassli through the season, for some unknown reason. Canadian Export of the Year: DeRo, MVP when playign for 3 clubs hard to argue Canadian Underrated Player of the Year: Ante Jazic, put togetehr a pretty good season for a aging, and slowing LB. Gaffe of the Year: TFC and NYRB, giving away the best player in the league 2 times in one year. Fantastic Finish of the Year: Hassli's blind volley from no man's land against Seattle Story of the Year: Beckham finally wins his Cup Moment of the Year: Same as above, The Beckham project finally cashes in MLS Canadian Breakout Player of 2012: Andre Hainault, 31 starts for the Dynamo, maybe Morgan who started 9 games for TFC and showed promise CMNT Breakout Player of 2012: Tosaint Ricketts, in his interational debut year, put up 3 goals this year in 9 appreances, in all competitions for Canada A very biased look at the awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Game of the Year: Caps 3-3 tie with Kansas after being down 0-3 MLS Breakout Player of the Year: Toss up here. Palata or Koffie Transaction of the Year: Dero, twice. Both surprised me. Assist of the Year: Camillo to DC MLS Canadian Broadcast Call of the Year: Celebration of the Year: Hasli after his wonder goal. Lip reading 101. Controversy of the Year: Teitur's firing after only 12 games Canadian Export of the Year: REB!! Canadian Underrated Player of the Year: REB!! Gaffe of the Year: Trading Dero. Fantastic Finish of the Year: Hasli vs Seattle. Just totally epic. Story of the Year: Palata. Too small? Somebody forgot to tell him. Moment of the Year: First game at Empire. We're baaaaack MLS Canadian Breakout Player of 2012: Simpson CMNT Breakout Player of 2012: Regrettably none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Game of the Year: Gonna cheat, but TFC's final groupstage match win in Dallas. Honourable mentions to the 4-2 win for the Caps over TFC in home opener and the 0-3 comeback for them vs. Kansas City. MLS Breakout Player of the Year: Shea Transaction of the Year: Dero to DC (how foolish does NY look now??) Assist of the Year: Wes Knight's selfless pass to Hassli for one of the goals in the home opener MLS Canadian Broadcast Call of the Year: I like JDV Celebration of the Year: Robbie Keane might have sold out his goal celebration once joining LA, but it's still classic Controversy of the Year: Limiting the away support at Cascadia games Canadian Export of the Year: Kluko to Manisaspor (even though he was already in Turkey) Canadian Underrated Player of the Year: REB Gaffe of the Year: The Hassli shirts-off red card Fantastic Finish of the Year: Without question, the Hassli wunderstrike Story of the Year: Revival of the Cascadia Cup derbies, but at the top level Moment of the Year: This might sound odd, but Davis getting injured in the semi-final basically ensured LA the Cup MLS Canadian Breakout Player of 2011: Morgan CMNT Breakout Player of 2011: Ricketts, and I really hope to see more of him next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Game of the Year: Vancouver's home opener. I was in the crowd and it was awesome to experience an "inaugural" game from the other side. MLS Breakout Player of the Year: Brek Shea. He faded towards the end of the year due to fixture congestion, but he has a ridiculous future. Transaction of the Year: DeRo to DC. It's been explained enough by others. Assist of the Year: Stefan Frei's field-long punt to Javier Martina, who volleyed home a world class strike. From TFC's home opener vs. Portland. MLS Canadian Broadcast Call of the Year: Luke Wileman's call of the above goal for TSN. Celebration of the Year: Stefan Frei falling to his knees and celebrating an injury time game-tying goal at LA. Honourable mention to Terry Dunfield's Lambeau Leap in the opener. Controversy of the Year: Teitur Thordarson's sacking. Canadian Export of the Year: Simeon Jackson. He may be struggling now, but his red-hot form (including two goals in the playoff promotion match) almost single-handedly lifted Norwich to the Premiership. Canadian Underrated Player of the Year: Marcel de Jong. Starts every game when healthy, promoted to Bundesliga and kept his starting job. Gaffe of the Year: Thordarson sacking. Fantastic Finish of the Year: Eric Hassli at Seattle. Honourable mention to Javier Martina vs. Portland. Story of the Year: Joao Plata, the smallest athlete in North American team sports, becoming an impact player in the league. Moment of the Year: MLS Cup. The possible end to the Beckham Experiment. MLS Canadian Breakout Player of 2011: Ashtone Morgan. This is pretty much a no-brainer, IMO. CMNT Breakout Player of 2011: Tos Ricketts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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