Hands up, who thought we would have 37 points at this point in the season? Or at any point in the season? It is difficult not to be impressed, particularly when one factors in that Crayton, Less, and Gao were all going to be important players when the season began.

Have they announced playoff dates? Will they go Thu-Sat or Fri-Sun, or could they have the first game as early as Wed, Oct. 6?

The coach seemed excited about the two-game, total-goals playoff format at youth soccer on Sunday. He was also exasperated by the BU9 referee, who blew his whistle WAY too much for that age group. Let 'em play!

Nice to be in the playoffs, but Oct. 6-7 will be tough nights to draw a crowd. Oct. 6 is a Wednesday, and Oct. 7 is the last Thursday of the HS season, almost every team in the state is playing that night.

When in doubt, check IMS.
Good job, bq!

Well, unlike you and me, the bulk of the people that follow the Stars probably will not go out to see one single high school game this year. However, just being a midweek game will be tough. I'm not saying that with high school, fall youth club soccer and rec soccer it doesn't hurt. It will, but I'm not sure it's going to be devastating. It's just tough to draw people on a school night - period. Then again, when the Wolves were popular they did it all the time and so do the Wild.

The set up is, the top seed gets to choose which of the two nights they want their home game. Most likely they will choose the weekend and we will be stuck with whatever. But it will also depend on travel, air fair and when they played their last game.

What are Papa's chances of goalkeeper of the year? He's been solid, but I don't know how others have done.

High school? Never heard of it. I'll be there for the play-offs, hoping that it rains buckets and Nessy gets a chance to strip the visitors of the ball.

http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/Top10.20945465.2.html

Jay Nolly's running that table. I would have been a lot more relaxed on Saturday night if I'd looked through their stats and noticed that if you score on the Whitecaps you hardly ever lose.

http://ussf.demosphere.com/teamstats/

http://ussf.demosphere.com/stats/2010/Top10.20945465.2.html

With the amount of goals the Stars have leaked throughout the year there's not a chance in my opinion. You have to look at goals allowed and winning percentages. Nolly has been very good and so has Cronin at Portland.

Vallow at Rochester would have to be considered but so would Kitson since they've split time. That would cause me to not vote for either won.

You might even consider Gallardo down in Austin. He's been good but his team has allowed to many goals also. I'd say Joe come's in the upper middle but again, the team has leaked so many goals it didn't help his cause.

Take a look at the stats and tell me what you think?