Topic: WPS' - 2008 PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD!!! (Read 11211 times)

Dragon · « **on:** December 25, 2008, 04:16:16 PM »

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008! PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008! PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008! PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2008!

Another year has come and gone and Dragon and WPS are proud to bring you the Player of the Year award for our 4th straight year!!! This year once again we had a ton of qualified players who were eligible to win the award after being selected as one of the Players of the Week over the course of the year. This year (like in years past) we did all our voting on "Open Forum" for the most part. Only people with legitimate reasons could elect to vote via Private message or Email, and even then their vote had to go through Dragon and a committee to see if their vote would be counted. This year we had less then 10 votes not posted on open forum, and before we selected the overall winner and the runners up, we calculated the "points totals" with and without those votes to make sure no hanky panky was going on.

This year the points were calculated in this fashion (this does not mean it will be the same every year).
*if the player was on a ballot, regardless of position, they received 1 pt
*each player received points based on what place they were voted; (ie: 1st place = 3pts, 2nd place = 2 pts, 3rd place 1 pt).
*each player was also given a bonus pt (1 pt) if they were nominated as #1 on any ballot.
*the total points a player could get on any paticular ballot was 5 points.
*the committee and Dragon felt this was the fairest way to make sure the best choice overall was selected.
*no ones pts counted for more then anyone elses.

With all this being said, Dragon would like to say thank you for all of you who participated, nominated people, or sent in write ups. Truely we have some very very talented kids out there, and they are all winners!!!

Without further ado, here are the WPS-POTY "Runner's up", and the Champion!

drumroll.......

4th RUNNER UP:

#1 AMBER - EMERALD CITY FC 95!

Dragon has followed your youth soccer career for going on three years now, and Dragon loves what he see's! You were a Golden Glove award winner during last years state cup run, and you have had some amazing saves that Dragon has seen on serveral occassions with his own eyes! Keep up what you are doing young one, and we will be reading about you someday in the Olympics!

3RD RUNNER UP:

#34 KELLY - CROSSFIRE PREMIER 94 PORTER!

...great shot of Kelly shielding the ball

This young star Dragon has also seen for several years, and was unable to obtain a write up from her dad "RR Man" or anyone on her team (must be a don't read WPS ban lol). Was happy to get a CP from another team do you your write up though young one, and Dragon is happy to see all the votes you received. You are truely worthy of this honor and have always played with Heart & Fire from as long as Dragon can remember!

2ND RUNNER UP:

#6 MAIAH - FC CRUSH ACADEMY 94!

...Maiah "Without" her cast

What makes this young super star so special is that she was nomiated Not for what she did on the pitch, but what she did on the Bench! What a true team player that after going through such a painful injury and two surgeries that you still was with your team every step of the way; from Washington to California you were at their side. We all know you were hurting on the inside to be out on the field helping your team, but never showed it as you cheered on your team mates the best way you could. Dragon is very very proud of you and your true display of Heart & Fire!

1ST RUNNER UP:

#9 LOGAN - WASHINGTON PREMIER FC 95 BLACK!

This young super star came as close as you can come without winning the overall POTY award! Less then 2 pts seperated her from the overall championship! She has been a star out on the field for her team the whole year, and even stepping her game up to a new level overseas at the Dana Cup last summer! She plays with true Heart & Fire in every match and is a "go to" player on her team. She can play most every position on the field and her left foot strikes fear into many a goalie. Great job super star, Dragon is very proud of you and he is sure he will see your name for years to come!

And now our 2008 PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHAMPION!

Drumroll please....

#25 ANDREW - COLUMBIA TIMBERS 93 BLUE!

CONGRATS SUPER STAR! This young stud has came from adversity and risen to the top! He has overcome so many challenges on his way to being the player he is today! Andrew is also the first Male to ever win this award here on WPS and for that we are All very very proud of you!!! The people have spoken young stud, and you will go down in history now as the 2008 Player of the Year here on WPS and nobody can ever take that from you!

After reading his POTY write up, I am sure everyone can agree this young stud is very deserving of this great honor! Andrew will now have a premier spot on the front page of WPS for an entire year!; The Only youth soccer forum in Washingon, and the best in the nation with Millions of hits each month!

Andrew also gets to select which type of IPOD he would like from Squash the administrator of WPS.

And the best part of all, that no matter where your life takes you...the EPL, the MLS, or Academic acheivement... You will forever be our Player of the Year! Congrats once again super stud! You deserve this award and Dragon is very very proud of you... No matter what you do in the future, continue to Live and Play with Heart & Fire as your war cry!

More great shots of Andrew:

...with a sparkle in his eye, you could tell he was bound for greatness!

..."On top of the world" at the space needle, and now on top of the world on WPS!

...great action shot of Andrew on the pitch!

and now, as we have done in the past....A song for the POTY

HEY GAME OF SOCCER - Based on the song; "Hey There Delilah" (as sung by the Plain White T's)

Hey game of soccer, that I play in Cowtown City
My goals a thousand miles away, but dad this is why I sing this diddy;
Yes I do...
Thats why I play for Timbers Blue, you know its true...

Hey game of soccer, don't worry bout the coach's doubt,
cuz there will be another tryout...
Coach use your eyes...
I will suprise.......

Oh, what you've done for me
Oh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me, what soccer's done for me.

Hey game of soccer, I know that making teams is hard,
But some day I'll pay the bills
by kicking this ball oh so hard...You know its right
Someday my name will be in lights...
That will be "tight"...

Oh, what you've done for me
Oh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me, what soccer's done for me.....

Lets all give Andrew and all our Runners up a Great Big WPS round of applause!!!!

cheese · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2008, 04:52:19 PM »

ANDREW!!!!!!! YOU DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to you and all the runner-ups.

You should be very proud.

dogedog · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2008, 05:46:36 PM »

Great job Andrew......

WPS Player of the YEAR

Well deserved!!!!

yote19 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2008, 05:52:17 PM »

Andrew--that a way to beat all of the girls (just kidding). Enjoy the swag...you deserve it. And good luck with your future in soccer.

Congratulations to all of the kids who were nominated this year.

Timbers25 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2008, 07:45:45 PM »

Thank you for voting for me. Congrats to everyone. You all deserved to win. A special thanks to Squash, Dragon, and Brat.

Andrew

Dragon · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:20:24 PM »

Quote from: Timbers25 on December 25, 2008, 07:45:45 PM

Thank you for voting for me. Congrats to everyone. You all deserved to win. A special thanks to Squash, Dragon, and Brat.

Andrew

HEY! Thanks for logging on Andrew! Best of luck in your future and feel free to chat with us here on WPS anytime

Brat Jr · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2008, 08:43:52 PM »

CONGRATS Andrew!

Keep us informed as your journey progresses.

WTG to Amber, Logan, Kelly and Miaha
I'm sure we'll hear from all of you in the future too!

Squash · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2008, 12:01:50 AM »

All I can say is way to go Andrew. The first boy to win on a girls soccer dominated site..... YOU must be the MAN!!!!

I also wanted to take the time to thank D, who started this award 4 years ago and has done a fantastic job with it!!!!

You are also the MAN!!!!!

MA · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2008, 11:19:04 AM »

Congratulatuions Amber, Kelly, Maiah, Logan and Andrew. You are all terrific!!!!!!!

PrideNJoy · « **Reply #9 on:** December 26, 2008, 11:46:14 AM »

Quote from: MA on December 26, 2008, 11:19:04 AM

Congratulatuions Amber, Kelly, Maiah, Logan and Andrew. You are all terrific!!!!!!!

here here, way to go Andrew and all nominees and runners up. You ROCK!

Enjoy the IPod and forever fame from WPS

Nicely done to the judges, panel, admins, and operators of this site.

Dragon · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2008, 12:43:19 PM »

Have had some great responses for this years POTY award, D also would like to thank all those unselfish people who nominated players from other teams, and voted for kids that you never have even met. That is what makes our WPS family so special!

PrideNJoy · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2008, 02:01:09 PM »

thanks squash (brain freeze)

sissy · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2008, 06:23:21 PM »

Congrats to all the nominees and winners!

Luckysevens · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2008, 07:54:03 PM »

Way to represent Andrew! You make the Timbers PROUD! Congrats to all the nominees and winners.

WinniebaGO · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2008, 08:36:26 PM »

Congratulations Andrew - You are a fantastic example of HEART AND FIRE!

Dragon · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2008, 11:21:20 PM »

In a few moments will be adding pix of one of our great runners up (that didn't have a pix),

Plus

as always, the POTY gets a song for them (Dragon heard this song in the car today) and it fit perfectly for Andrew

Check back in a moment

Dragon · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2008, 11:53:54 PM »

OK folks, Kelly's pix is now added to the original POTY post along with this song for Andrew

HEY GAME OF SOCCER - Based on the song; "Hey There Delilah" (as sung by the Plain White T's)

Hey game of soccer, that I play in Cowtown City
My goals a thousand miles away, but dad this is why I sing this diddy;
Yes I do...
Thats why I play for Timbers Blue, you know its true...

Hey game of soccer, don't worry bout the coach's doubt,
cuz there will be another tryout...
Coach use your eyes...
I will suprise.......

Oh, what you've done for me
Oh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me, what soccer's done for me.

Hey game of soccer, I know that making teams is hard,
But some day I'll pay the bills
by kicking this ball oh so hard...You know its right
Someday my name will be in lights...
That will be "tight"...

Oh, what you've done for me
Oh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me
Ohhhh, what you've done for me, what soccer's done for me.....

Brat Jr · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2008, 11:58:21 PM »

Nice job Dragon!

Java chip · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2008, 12:11:45 AM »

Yeah for Andrew!!!!

only green!!

Great Dane · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2008, 11:25:31 AM »

Job well done Andrew! Congratulations and keep up all that hard work and your future will remain bright.

Congratulations as well to all the other players nominated!

Big thanks to Squash for giving out such a great prize for the winner, and a huge TY to Dragon and everyone else involved in making this happen. Like I said before, it's nice to hear about all the great players out there and their stories.

Squash · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2008, 12:49:53 PM »

Quote from: Great Dane on December 28, 2008, 11:25:31 AM

Job well done Andrew! Congratulations and keep up all that hard work and your future will remain bright.

Congratulations as well to all the other players nominated!

Big thanks to Squash for giving out such a great prize for the winner, and a huge TY to Dragon and everyone else involved in making this happen. Like I said before, it's nice to hear about all the great players out there and their stories.

Thanks and nicely said......

I also like to think of this site as caring about players of any level of play. All of the WPS readers don't make it about the best player each year, they make it about the best heart and fire story. I hope in the future more people vote, just read the write-ups and vote. Oh and Andrew decided on a black nano.... it should arrive any day

Dragon · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2008, 02:12:22 PM »

Black Nano? Gosh what an unselfish kid

(Dragon would of went for the I-touch)

sissy · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2008, 02:41:12 PM »

Quote from: Dragon on December 28, 2008, 02:12:22 PM

Black Nano? Gosh what an unselfish kid

(Dragon would of went for the I-touch)

Totally cool kid. Congrats again Andrew~~~

Crazy Keeper · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2008, 06:38:55 PM »

Hi everyone! Thanks for voting for me and all the other kids that got nominated!

Great job Andrew...you deserve it!

Amber
ECFC 95 Green

Dragon · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2008, 07:10:44 PM »

Big ol' Dragon KK for Amber too

Check out the main article again!

I am updating Maiah's Picture

ineedtogetalife · « **Reply #25 on:** December 28, 2008, 09:28:22 PM »

Congrats Andrew!!!

Great job to all who were nominated!!

breakaway · « **Reply #26 on:** December 29, 2008, 07:27:29 PM »

Congratulations to the winner, Andrew!! All runner ups and players of the week!!!!

Soccer is Da Bomb! · « **Reply #27 on:** December 29, 2008, 08:38:09 PM »

Way to go Andrew!! Keep up the hard work!!!

Congrats to all the runner ups!

12pepper29 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 29, 2008, 09:15:53 PM »

great job and keep it up!!!

Dragon · « **Reply #29 on:** December 30, 2008, 07:31:28 PM »

Time to Unsticky, but don't worry you POTY fans!

The link for this post will reamain "Front Page News" for the entire year!

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