seahawkdad
29 Dec 2006, 11:01 PM
OK, I can't stand it...no one has mentioned this. Marc Connolly, on the ussoccerplayers site, has named his picks for the 2006 US Best XI (http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/latest_soccer_news/530728.html), and our own Benny is one of them:
Midfielder: Ben Olsen (D.C. United):
He doesn't have any eye-popping numbers to post, but his influence on D.C. United as well as with the US National Team this past year puts him on this list. Going into the calendar year, Olsen's candidacy for the US didn't seem likely. Yet, after a strong winter and spring, he made Arena's decision easy.
'Influence'. I'll say.
Nice going, Ben.
Of course, it's also nice that a United alum, Bobby Convey, was also picked.
Midfielder: Ben Olsen (D.C. United):
He doesn't have any eye-popping numbers to post, but his influence on D.C. United as well as with the US National Team this past year puts him on this list. Going into the calendar year, Olsen's candidacy for the US didn't seem likely. Yet, after a strong winter and spring, he made Arena's decision easy.
'Influence'. I'll say.
Nice going, Ben.
Of course, it's also nice that a United alum, Bobby Convey, was also picked.