MLS Chicago Fire FC

Four Fire Players Named Finalists for 2008 MLS Awards

Published on October 30, 2008 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Bridgeview, Ill. (October 30, 2008) -Chicago Fire players Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Jon Busch, Chris Rolfe and Bakary Soumare are finalists for Major League Soccer's season-ending awards, the league announced earlier today.

Blanco is a finalist for the Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player, Busch for Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year Finalists and MLS Comeback Player of the Year Finalists, Rolfe for the Fair Play Award and Soumare for Visa Defender of the Year. There are three players in each award category.

Winners for each award will be announced in the coming weeks, beginning with the Panasonic Goalkeeper of the Year and Fair Play winners on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player announcement will air live on ESPNews on Thursday, Nov. 20.

The 2008 awards announcements culminate on Saturday, Nov. 22 with the unveiling of Major League Soccer's Best XI and the Comeback Player of the Year, which will both be announced at the MLS Awards Gala taking place in Los Angeles on the eve of MLS Cup 2008.

The finalists, listed in alphabetical order below for each award, earned the most votes in polling of MLS players, general managers, coaches, referees and members of the media. The U.S. Soccer Foundation & MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year will be determined by representatives from the U.S. Soccer Foundation and MLS W.O.R.K.S., and will be announced on Friday, Nov. 7.

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