2007 FCTP MLS Rookie of the Week...Week 12...

I am going to dedicate this Rookie of the Week award to Alexi Lalas. You'll know why soon.

Week 12...190 MLS players took the field. 7% were rookies. Of those rookies 62% started their match and 54% finished a complete game. Once again, the list of starters and complete gamers is getting somewhat predictable. If you're going to pick a rookie of the year thus far, they would be on the complete gamer list.

Complete Game:
Michael Harrington (2)
Andrew Boyens
Maurice Edu
Adam Cristman
Wells Thompson
Ty Harden

Starter:
Robbie Findley

Substitutes:
Corey Ashe (2)
Kurt Morsink
Gary Flood
Guy-Roland Kpene

When I saw the highlights of the RSL - DC match I made up my mind. I said to myself, "even if Adam Cristman scored a hat trick this week, Robbie Findley is my ROTW." Why? Read my last blog post. Findley gets traded out of La La Land where GM Lalas has gone through a hysterical period during which he has destroyed one of the better franchises in MLS. Findley comes to his new team and gets them their first win of the season by scoring two goals. Findley could have been helping LA to get out of the Western Conference basement...now he is going to do his best to keep them there. Cheers to Robbie Findley for not letting a trade to Utah get him down. If I had been traded to SLC, I might have retired. Instead, Findley goes and shows the league he isn't going to lose the Rookie of the Year award without a fight. His pace and finishing ability are now known to all. Let's see where he can go from here.

Alexi, your ship is sinking with or without HMS Beckham.