got to admit, i don’t know a whole lot about most of the players
with the exception of a few stand out names, (ruiz, olsen, jaqua, gallardo) i don’t know much about the rest of the players. as i mentioned when is started this blog, i have had a hard time getting into the MLS historically. while the level of play has improved dramatically over the last 5 years i think, not having a local team to support has seriously dampened my enthusiasm for the league and therefore my knowledge of most of these players.
from reading the message boards however, there doesn’t seem to be a obvious “steal” out there, which is no surprise. their seems to be more of an opinion of who NOT to take. Ruiz is on that list due to his attitude, as well as khano smith, the striker from bermuda. just looking at smiths tally of 8 goals in 85 appearences, i would say that he isn’t really deserving of the striker title.
so it is going to be a huge learning curve for me (and many others i suppose) on who the players are that we select. many of you die hards out there are going to have to educate me on the histories of these guys. this is one of the few times that i have very little opinion of who we select. normally, if i know even the littlest of information, i am happy to form a very strong opinion and toute it as fact 
. but for now, i will let chris and adrian do their job.
the only thing that must be mentioned however is that i think we make the biggest effort to draft solid defenders. most teams can manage to play a style to score goals if they so chose, but if you can’t defend, what is the point.
