Who Would Be Your 2008 Rookie of Year

[Reg_Sims]

(Based only on players that were drafted in this years draft)

My Top 3 Choices... (Pretty Sad...)

ROOKIE OF YEAR
1. STEVEN LENHART CLB
2. PASS
3. PASS

STATS:
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POS PLAYER GP GS MINS G A

F Patrick Nyarko - CHI 4 0 64 0 0
M Stephen King - CHI 12 3 429 1 0
D Andy Iro - CLB 9 5 503 0 0
F Steven Lenhart -CLB 7 1 117 3 0
M Eric Avila - DAL 4 1 153 0 1
D Chance Myers KC 8 6 590 0 0
M Roger Espinoza KC 10 7 581 1 0
D Jonathan Leathers KC 8 5 463 0 0
M Ely Allen LA 9 8 654 1 1
D Sean Franklin LA 15 14 1305 0 0
M Brandon McDonald LA 10 9 807 0 1
D Luke Sassano NY 14 9 762 0 0
D Tony Beltran RSL 14 10 935 0 1
M Shea Salinas SJ 15 2 375 0 0
D Julius James TOR 5 3 325 1 0
POS PLAYER GP W-L-T SO GAA
GK Brian Edwards 5 2-2-1 2 1.00
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Starting 11 Rookies (From MLS Draft)
GK – Brian Edwards (TOR) – Only Goalie from Draft To Start a game 2-2-1 1.00 GAA 2 SO
F – Steven Lenhart (CLB) – Only 117 Minutes and 3 Goals….
M – Ely Allen (LAG) – Has Most Shots For Rookies at 12, and his points I’m sure where due to Beckham
M – Brandon McDonald (LAG) – I think he’s playing because the Galaxy cant afford anyone else
M – Roger Espinoza (KC) – His 1 Goal has him tied with many for 2nd amongst Rookies…
M – Luke Sassano (NY) – Oooooh The Red Bulls are Shite…
M - Stephen King (CHI) – Been a constant Sub for The Fire this year. Only 1 Goal to show
D –Sean Franklin (LAG) – Started 14 Games, but still a Human Pilon
D – Tony Beltran (RSL) – Other than Franklin, He is only player to play more than 10 games this year
D – Julius James (TOR) – Only Defenceman that has scored among rookies
D – Andy Iro (CLB) – Solid Defenceman for many years to come for the Crew.


Doesnt Say Much for Impact Rookies....

[werewolf]

the only problem is that there are rookies who weren't drafted this past year...ex. Jarrod Smith

[Reg_Sims]

the only problem is that there are rookies who weren't drafted this past year...ex. Jarrod Smith

Werewolf,
I know but this easily shows that there are zip, zilch impact players that came out of the draft this year....

Is there a site that shows all eligible rookies for this year?
What is the eligibility for a rookie in the MLS? (Years service?, Minutes played?)

[werewolf]

According to wiki -


MLS only designates a player as a rookie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookie) if the player has had no prior professional experience. So, for example, although Taylor Twellman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Twellman) finished second in MVP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS_MVP_Award) voting in 2002, he was ineligible for the Rookie of the Year Award because he had played on the reserve team of 1860 Munich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Munich). Beginning with the 2007 seasn, MLS will hand out the Newcomer of the Year Award for players with prior professional experience who are in their first year of competition in MLS.

[Technorgasm]

The Lower East Sider

hahahaha lol

[Just TFC]

WTF?? LENHART? THE SON OF A BITCH WHO ELBOWED ERPEN AND GOT SUSPENDED AN ADDITIONAL TWO GAMES? lol
nice choice?
i would go with Stephen King.

[King Jeff]

Sean Franklin will probably win.

[jloome]

Franklin's not a human pylon at all, he's a speedy wingback and has looked pretty good on a couple of occasions for LA.

Myers is having a decent first season as well at KC.