MLS Honors

Preki was a two-time MLS most valuable player. Now, he's an MLS coach of the year.

Maurice Edu won a national championship at the University of Maryland. Now, he's the MLS rookie of the year.

Read all about it in the league's press release.

Are they the deserving winners? I think so. With all due respect to Tom Soehn, Preki and Chivas were picked to finish third or fourth in the West; they finished first. Edu, despite playing for a weak expansion club, showed the maturity of a veteran and parlayed it into a U.S. national team call-up.