Revolution Annual Awards Night
by Corey E. Major on Oct 14, 2011 1:59 PM EDT
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Brian O'Connell of ESPN Boston brought up in his piece from yesterday that this Saturday at Gillette will conclude the Revs' season (at least at home) with their annual awards night. The awards that will be given out include MVP, Defender of the Year, and Humanitarian of the Year. So, this got me to thinking: just who might be the most likely candidates for this year's awards?
Without any hesitation, the first clear-cut recipient that came to mind was A.J. Soares for Defender of the Year. As we've commented over the course of the season, Soares demonstrated an impressive amount of maturity, leadership, and charisma this season. Soares managed to make MLSsoccer.com's list of 24 Under 24 and has also been included in the Rookie Of The Year discussion here and there, although he will most likely get beat out by the likes of Sporting Kansas City's C.J. Sapong or perhaps DC United's Perry Kitchen (or of course other viable candidates). Soares has clearly made his case to be the focal point of the club's defense moving forward and, honestly, if anyone else received the Defender of the Year honor, I would be in substantial disbelief.
The Humanitarian of the Year award is a bit of a toss-up between Shalrie Joseph and Matt Reis, in my opinion. Now, I don't know the full background of this award, but based on the name alone, it would seem that it is an honor bestowed upon the player who gave back the most to the community. Shalrie came to mind first because of his ongoing youth soccer academy project. He quite obviously has had plenty of involvement and outreach within the Massachusetts soccer community. But let's also not forget that Matt Reis took a stab at some charity efforts this season with his "Celebrity Golf Challenge" just last month, which raised money for the Children's Hospital Boston (a routine visit destination for the Revs as an organization in general), Grassroot Soccer, and the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Reis also participated in the Revs' annual Bartending For Charity event (along with Chris Tierney and Benny Feilhaber) at Market in downtown Boston this summer, an evening in which all tips went towards supporting the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation. And, yeah, he did make me a Jameson and ginger ale that night, just saying. So, this award, like I said, seems like it would be a tossup between the two.
Where I'm really stumped is MVP. And that's where I'd like to hear from YOU. Which Revs player would you vote as this season's MVP? Our steadfast captain, Shalrie? Wonder kid Diego Fagundez? The US International B-B-B-Benny Feilhaber? Cast your vote below! (And, in case you're wondering, I'm voting for Tierney because, well, he's just my favorite).
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Who is the MVP? Really? I hope this was an excuse to get a little bit of reader input because it’s ShalJo and Matt Reis in the race and then everybody else.
Reis lead the league in saves and ShalJo lead our team in goals despite being a defensive midfield. What more do we need to talk about?
You could argue for Soares
Other than that, though, the race is pretty limited.
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by Steve Stoehr on Oct 15, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Reis all the way
With no disrespect to Shalrie, Matt all season has made unbelievable saves but what got me was his taking a red for standing up for Pat as well as going on Revs Wrap with a tribute to Myra Kraft. In my view, Reis is what kept the team from being a complete mess and salvaged some respectability. He isn’t honored enough, at least by MLS in my view.
Side note, I think Lekic should be on the list. He was brought to finish chances and didn’t have enough chances to score, yeah he was a bit frustrating and his attitude is questionable but when he went down in Portland with the ankle injury and despite my happiness to see Diego start and score, It feels weird without Lekic on the field. Give him a full season with hopefully some better players and coaches and then we’ll talk.
MVP
Matt Reis is head and shoulders above everyone else on this underachieving team, #18 out of 18. Without him, the playoffs would have been mathematically out of reach by August 1st. To get an idea of Matt Reis value, look at his backup stats. SCARY!
Sharlie is the shadow of the players he used to be. When he is the last time he had a decisive game? His distributions are a ghost of what they used to be and he too often lose the ball in our side of the field. He is now an aging great player.
The way I see it
it probably is just between Reis and Joseph. I think ExiledinUSA makes a great point about SJ not exactly standing out this season like he used to. Is he a quality player and an asset to the team? Obviously. But he definitely didn’t keep the Revs in games the way Reis did this season.
Reis probably takes MVP and SJ takes Humanitarian.
And, yes, I did just want to get some reader discussion going on. Hey, it worked!
Humanitarian
Hate to break it to you but Boggs is taking Humanitarian. Don’t think anyone else was nominated for Humanitarian of the Month by MLS W.O.R.K.S.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/06/07/revs-boggs-mls-works-humanitarian-month
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