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Superliga Overall Team Records

These are the overall records for each team that's competed in the Superliga tournament. All ties in the knockout stages have been counted as wins and losses for the teams involved based on the results of the penalty kick shootout.

Team             W   L   T   GF   GA   DF  PTS   PPG  
America          1   2   0    3    4   -1    3   1.00
Atlante          2   2   0    5    7   -2    6   1.50
Chicago          4   4   0    8   10   -2   12   1.50
Chivas USA       2   4   3    8   10   -2    9   1.00
Dallas           0   1   2    7    8   -1    2   0.67
DC United        1   5   1    6   12   -6    4   0.57
Guadalajara      3   2   1    6    6    0   10   1.67
Houston          7   4   2   20   10   10   23   1.77
Kansas City      0   1   2    2    4   -2    2   0.67
Los Angeles      3   2   0   12    9    3    9   1.80
Morelia          3   2   3   14   10    4   12   1.50
New England     10   2   2   18   11    7   32   2.29
Pachuca          4   6   2   11   17   -6   14   1.17
Puebla           2   2   0    6    4    2    6   1.50
Pumas UNAM       0   2   1    2    4   -2    1   0.33
San Luis         1   1   1    4    3    1    4   1.33
Santos           1   4   2    8   11   -3    5   0.71
Tigres           4   1   0    9    8    1   12   2.40

Superliga Team Appearance Records

Appearances

Rk Team          App
1  Chivas USA     3
   Houston        3
   New England    3
   Pachuca        3
5  Chicago        2
   DC United      2
   Guadalajara    2
   Morelia        2
   Santos         2

Title Game Appearances

Rk Team          App
1  New England    2
2  Houston        1
   Pachuca        1
   Chicago        1
   Morelia        1
   Los Angeles    1
   Tigres         1

Championships

Rk Team          App
1  New England    1
   Pachuca        1
   Morelia        1
   Tigres         1

Superliga Goal Scoring Records

Last year I compiled a list of everyone who had scored more than one Superliga goal. Since the Superliga site is nearly impossible to get useful stats from, I decided to expand things a bit this year.

9/2/10 Update: With his brace in the final, Morelia's Miguel Sabah wrote his name into the record books, climbing into a tie for most career goals and most goals in a single tournament. Also of note -- Kevin Alston became the 100th player to score in the history of the Superliga.

Career Goals Scored

Rank Player               Gls
 1   Landon Donovan       4
     Luis Gabriel Rey     4
     Miguel Sabah         4
 4   Kenny Mansally       3
     Alan Gordon          3
     Ante Razov           3
     Armando Pulido       3
     Arturo Alvarez       3
     Kheli Dube           3
     Rafael Márquez Lugo  3
     Shalrie Joseph       3
     Stuart Holden        3

Goals - Single Tournament

Rank Player               Gls  Year
 1   Landon Donovan       4    2007
     Miguel Sabah         4    2010
 3   Alan Gordon          3    2007
     Ante Razov           3    2007
     Armando Pulido       3    2009
     Arturo Alvarez       3    2007
     Shalrie Joseph       3    2008
     Stuart Holden        3    2008

Tournaments Scored In

Rank Player               Tournaments
 1   Luis Gabriel Rey     2 (2008/2010)
     Kenny Mansally       2 (2009/2010)
     Kheli Dube           2 (2008/2009)
     Rafael Márquez Lugo  2 (2007/2010)
     Dwayne De Rosario    2 (2007/2008)
     Giancarlo Maldonado  2 (2008/2010)
     Joseph Ngwenya       2 (2007/2010)
     Nate Jaqua           2 (2007/2008)

Other Interesting Facts
Three players have scored for two different teams - Luis Gabriel Rey, Rafael Márquez Lugo and Giancarlo Maldonado. Maldonado also holds the distinction of being the only player to score for both an MLS team (Chivas USA in 2010) and a Mexican team (Atlante in 2008)

Is Arabe Unido the Dirtiest Team in the CONCACAF Champions League?

Over the last two years I've developed an overwhelming hatred of Panama's Arabe Unido. The strategy in their 2009-10 home leg against Houston consisted of two-footed tackles and overall hackery. This year's performance against Real Salt Lake alternated between thuggery and the worst display of "ow my spleen" time-wasting I've ever seen. If E/R was still running we might have seen a number of their players on gurneys as extras. With nine yellow and one red card in just two games this year, it made me wonder if they were the dirtiest team in the CONCACAF Champions League.

In order to study this I combed through last year's discipline stats. While Arabe Unido had the most red cards of any team in the 2009-2010 edition of the tournament, they weren't even in the top five as far as yellow cards per game. After factoring out the teams that only played twice, these teams rose to the top:

             YC/G  RC/G
Pachuca      3.70  0.00
Houston      3.17  0.17
Toluca       3.00  0.00
Cruz Azul    2.90  0.10
DC United    2.63  0.25
Columbus     2.38  0.13
Arabe Unido  2.30  0.30

So three Mexican teams, three American teams and then Arabe Unido. Perhaps there's something about playing American teams that brings out the worst in Arabe.

ReAL Epic Failure

Three stinking minutes. All Real Salt Lake had to do was hold out for another three minutes last night and they would have become the first American team to beat a Mexican team in Mexico during an official competition. Instead they managed to give up three goals from the 87th minute onward and go on to lose 5-4 to Cruz Azul. They even managed to score a goal of their own in there to level at 4-4 and managed to screw that up as well.

Un-frickin-believable.

Well That Didn't Take Long

Less than 24 hours after I opined that a Mexican team had to lose at some point in the CONCACAF Champions League, Toronto FC managed to shock Cruz Azul 2-1 at BMO Field. By defeating last year's runners-up Toronto FC became the first MLS team to beat a Mexican team in the 2+ years of the Champions League. The last time an MLS team defeated a Mexican team in a CONCACAF tournament was April of 2008 when DC United beat Pachuca in the semifinals of the old Champions Cup.

2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League Results By Country

With the group stage about to kick off, it seems like a good time to recap the current results by country. Teams from Mexico, the United States, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Panama will join the survivors of the preliminary round, so these number may change drastically by the end of the group stage. I mean, Mexican teams have to lose at some point, right?

                   W  L  T  GF  GA  GD  Win %  PPG
Mexico             4  0  0  15   2  13  100.0  3.00
Canada             1  0  1   3   2   1   50.0  2.00
USA                2  1  1   5   6  -1   50.0  1.75
Puerto Rico        1  1  0   5   3   2   50.0  1.50
El Salvador        1  1  2   4   3   1   25.0  1.25
Honduras           1  2  1   6   5   1   25.0  1.00
Trinidad & Tobago  1  2  1   6  10  -4   25.0  1.00
Costa Rica         0  1  1   4   6  -2    0.0  0.50
Guatemala          0  1  1   1   3  -2    0.0  0.50
Panama             1  3  0   4  13  -9   25.0  0.00

Houston's Seller's Remorse

If you're a Dynamo fan you have to feel slightly ill about your stable of forwards. Houston's leading scorer is Brad Davis - a midfielder by trade who's bagged just four goals this season. No forward on the roster (including Brian Ching) has scored more than two goals. To make matters worse, two players that were recently wearing the Houston orange are the leading scorers for other teams.

Last year the Dynamo dealt Chris Wondolowski and a draft pick to San Jose for Cam Weaver. Wondo leads the Earthquakes with six goals. Weaver has scored just one in 316 injury-plagued minutes. In 2009 the Dynamo also traded Kei Kamara, getting Abe Thompson and allocation money in return. Thus far Houston has gotten nothing from their end of the deal. Thompson did nothing significant and joined second division Miami FC this season. Including a tally at the end of last season, Kamara has scored seven goals for the Wizards.

Not long ago, it seemed like Houston had the golden touch when it came to forwards. Now it seems that King Midas has left town.

The Ljungberg Trade

As a Fire fan, I was a little surprised that they acquired Freddie Ljungberg for the MLS equivalent of a bag of soccer balls (well, at least now that Supplemental Draft picks no longer exist.) He's certainly talented, and his contract only runs until the end of the year so it's a low-risk maneuver for the Men in Red, but Shawn Francis over at The Offside Rules captures the existential malaise surrounding the deal.

Donovan Joins the Centurions

With two penalty kick goals this weekend, Landon Donovan became just the sixth MLS player to top 100 career goals. As recently as 2008 there were only three players who had reached this plateau - Jaime Moreno, Ante Razov and Jason Kreis.

The next player with a decent chance of reaching 100 goals is Edson Buddle. If he keeps scoring at the rate he has the last two seasons, he should reach 100 goals next year.

An Open Letter to Colin Clarke

I'm sorry for ever doubting you could beat the LA Galaxy in your CONCACAF Champions League series. I realize that you coached the Puerto Rico Islanders to the semifinals of the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League. I know you drew with Saprissa, Columbus and Cruz Azul in the group stage of last year's tournament, coming within five minutes of beating Cruz Azul and giving up Saprissa's equalizer in the 89th minute. It just wasn't enough to convince me this year would be the same.

To be fair the Islanders are at the bottom of the USL Conference within the USSF D2 league, and were just 1-4-4 on the road this season coming into their game with the Galaxy. But your Islanders beat the Galaxy anyway, pasting them 4-1 at the Home Depot Center. Four away goals more or less seals the deal unless a cataclysm of biblical proportions happens in the second leg in Bayamon.

So I apologize. I will never doubt you again. Please come coach the Chicago Fire.

Love, PhantomTollbooth

Efan Ekoku is 'Effin Wrong

If you watched the opening game of the 2010 World Cup here in the United States, you likely heard Efan Ekoku complaining to high heaven about Mexico being cheated out of a goal. Ekoku's contention was Carlos Vela was not offside and should have been credited with a goal, and he whined and whined about it.

The main problem, is that he was wrong. Ekoku clearly doesn't understand how the offside rule works. Quoth FIFA in their laws of the game (which you can get from here):

A player is in an offside position if:
• he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the
second-last opponent

Which Vela was when he received the ball. There's no distinction between the goalkeeper and any other opponent, so it doesn't matter that there was another player on the line.

So these are the announcers ESPN had to import because Americans weren't good enough? Really? Off the top of my head I'm pretty sure the Christopher Sullivan and Marcelo Balboa both understand how the offside rule works. Even though he's batshit insane Ray Hudson probably knows this as well. I know Alexi Lalas does, as he point blank said the refs were right.

Here's a clip of the non-goal:

CONCACAF Champions League - Best Finishes By Country

I realize the competition is only two years old, but here's the best finish by country.

Belize - Prelims: Hankook Verdes (2008/09)
Canada - Quarterfinals: Montreal Impact (2008/09)
Costa Rica - Group Stage: Saprissa (2008/09 and 2009/10)
El Salvador - Group Stage: L.A. Firpo (2008/09), Isidro Metapan (2009/10)
Guatemala - Quarterfinals: Comunicaciones (2009/10)
Honduras - Quarterfinals: Marathon (2008/09 and 2009/10)
Jamaica - Prelims: Harbour View (2008/09)
Mexico - Champions: Cruz Azul (2008/09), Pachuca (2009/10)
Nicaragua - Prelims: Real Esteli (2008/09)
Panama - Quarterfinals: Arabe Unido (2009/10)
Puerto Rico - Semifinals: Puerto Rico Islanders (2008/09)
Trinidad & Tobago - Group Stage: Three Teams
USA - Quarterfinals: Houston Dynamo (2008/09), Columbus Crew (2009/10)

Final 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Results By Country

I'm finally getting around to mopping up some things. Here's the final CCL results by country. I'm sure everyone is surprised to see Mexico at the top of the list for the second year in a row.

                W  L  T  GF  GA  DIF  Win%  PPG
Mexico         25  8  7  79  36   43  62.5  2.05
Honduras        9  9  0  29  39  -10  50.0  1.50
Panama          5  6  1  17  18   -1  41.7  1.33
USA             8  9  7  35  36   -1  33.3  1.29
Guatemala       3  5  1   9  21  -12  33.3  1.11
Costa Rica      2  5  3  11  20   -9  20.0  0.90
Puerto Rico     1  3  4   7  12   -5  12.5  0.88
Trin & Tobago   4 10  2  21  31  -10  25.0  0.88
El Salvador     1  5  2   5  21  -16  12.5  0.63
Canada          0  1  1   0   1   -1   0.0  0.50

Thanks for Nothing MLSsoccer.com

MLS revamped their web site to coincide with the start of the season, and to say that this was a debacle is a disservice to debacles. When the commissioner has to address how terribly broken the league's web site is during an interview with Sports Illustrated, that's failure on an epic scale.

I won't bore you with the list of all the things that went wrong Fake Sigi has already done a great job explaining that. The thing MLS doesn't seem to understand is that since things are still broken now five games into the season is that they are preventing people like me from giving them free publicity. I use their stats and player profile pages a considerable amount in my blogging. You still can't search the alumni database for a given player. There is still no way to get more than the top four leaders in any statistical category for any year. There's no way to get the career leaders in any category that I can see.

At some point I'll start blogging again... if I can ever get some source material to back things up with.

An Embarrassment of Riches

The recently-signed MLS collective bargaining agreement raised the salary cap to $2.55 million per year, with 5% increases each of the four years after that. If you think that's a small number, take a look at our neighbors to the south in Jamaica.

Howard Hamilton recently published a summary of a couple of articles showing just how cash-starved the Jamaican federation (and it's club teams) are. The Jamaican league has decided not to participate in the CFU Champions Cup - the regional tournament which is used to qualify teams for the CONCACAF Champions League. The reason was that the tab for playing these games was too much for the teams to bear. So what is the estimated cost for making it through the tournament?

$65,000

That's right -- an extra $65,000 is enough to put these teams significantly in the hole. There's your dose of perspective for the next time you want to complain that MLS teams aren't spending enough.

Best Beyonce-Sauron Connection Ever

One of the funniest things I've seen in a while... yes, I'm a huge geek. If you like it check out xkcd.

USL1 Instability Update

A while back I wrote a post showing how unstable USL1 has been in the last few years.

This offseason things got even worse, with the USSF having to step in and cobble together a second division consisting of USL1 teams and those who are breaking away to form the reincarnated NASL.

Technically Rochester might still be in the USL -- both the USL and NASL web sites list them as a team. At the very least they will officially be done with the USL next season. The same can be said of the reborn Tampa Bay Rowdies and the new NSC team in Minnesota, which I neglected to put into the "in" column.

Here's an updated chart reflecting the chaos.

2010
In	Out
none	Charleston Battery (dropped to USL2)
	Cleveland City Stars (folded)
	Minnesota Thunder (folded)
	Carolina Railhawks (moved to NASL)
	Miami FC (moved to NASL)
	Montreal Impact (moved to NASL)
	Vancouver Whitecaps (moved to NASL)
	Rochester Raging Rhinos (moved to NASL)
2009
In	Out
Cleveland City Stars	Seattle Sounders (moved to MLS)
Austin Aztex	Atlanta Silverbacks (on hiatus)
2008
In	Out
none	California Victory (folded)
2007
In	Out
California Victory	Virginia Beach Mariners (folded)
Carolina Railhawks	Toronto Lynx (folded)
2006
In	Out
Miami FC	Richmond Kickers (dropped to USL2)
2005
In	Out
none	Syracuse Salty Dogs (folded)
	Milwaukee Wave (folded)
	Edmonton Aviators (folded)
	Calgary Mustangs (folded)
2004
In	Out
Puerto Rico Islanders	none
Edmonton Aviators

Choosing an MLS Team to Support

Need to figure out which MLS team to support? Check out this awesome flowchart created by "cowtown" of BigSoccer fame.

My favorite question on the flowchart: "Do you secretly kind of like the idea of following a team named after a horrible disaster that destroys lives and communities?" Hilarious.

Herculez Unchained

Stop me if you've heard this one before. An American player heads overseas to a league considered superior to MLS. He settles in immediately, scoring goals and turning heads in the process.

The only thing is, I'm not talking about Landon Donovan.

Herculez Gomez formerly of the Kansas City Wizards, Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles Galaxy transferred to Puebla in Mexico this offseason and the change has done him a world of good. Gomez went goalless in 26 appearances with the Wizards last year, and scored just three in 25 games the year before. So far this year Gomez has already scored five goals in just eight appearances for La Franja.


Here he is opening the scoring for Puebla just last week.

MLS Attendance: Best Seasons

Historically this category has been owned by the Galaxy. More than half of the 20 best seasons belong to the team from Los Angeles. If you look closely, there's some proof that TFKA Metro hasn't always been inept at getting people to come see soccer. With their new home in Harrison opening next year, it will be interesting to see if they might be able to get their attendance back into this lofty company.

   year team         home avg
1  2009 Seattle      30,897
2  1996 Los Angeles  28,916
3  2008 Los Angeles  26,009
4  2007 Los Angeles  24,252
5  2005 Los Angeles  24,204
6  1996 New York     23,898
7  2004 Los Angeles  23,809
8  2003 Los Angeles  21,983
9  1998 Los Angeles  21,784
10 2001 DC           21,518
11 1997 New England  21,423
12 2007 DC           20,967
13 2006 Los Angeles  20,814
14 2001 New York     20,806
15 2002 Colorado     20,690
16 1997 Los Angeles  20,626
17 2009 Los Angeles  20,416
18 2000 Los Angeles  20,400
19 2009 Toronto      20,344
20 2007 Toronto      20,130

Looking at the numbers in regards to how far above the league average each team was, Seattle's inaugural season is absolutely shocking. Not only did they set the record for average attendance, but they almost doubled up the league average. This absolutely shatters the previous mark. Also interesting in my mind is that Toronto has averaged over 20,000 fans each year, but still can't make the top 20 list.

   year team         diff in %
1  2009 Seattle      92.66
2  1996 Los Angeles  66.12
3  2005 Los Angeles  60.20
4  2008 Los Angeles  58.01
5  2004 Los Angeles  53.02
6  1998 Los Angeles  52.21
7  2000 Los Angeles  48.30
8  2003 Los Angeles  47.56
9  1997 New England  46.54
10 2007 Los Angeles  44.62
11 2001 DC           43.83
12 1997 Los Angeles  41.09
13 2001 New York     39.07
14 1996 New York     37.29
15 2000 DC           35.07
16 2006 Los Angeles  34.25
17 1998 New England  34.07
18 2002 Colorado     30.77
19 2000 New York     28.10
20 2006 Chivas USA   27.96

MLS Attendance: Worst Seasons

As a followup to the post on the teams seen by the smallest percentage of fans I thought it would be interesting to see the worst seasons in terms of average home attendance.

year team         home avg
2000 Miami        7,460
2003 Dallas       7,906
1998 Kansas City  8,073
1999 Kansas City  8,183
1999 Miami        8,689
1997 Kansas City  9,058
2004 Dallas       9,088
2000 Kansas City  9,112
2000 Tampa Bay    9,452
2001 San Jose     9,635
1997 Dallas       9,678
2005 Kansas City  9,691
2009 Kansas City  10,053
1996 Colorado     10,213
1998 Miami        10,284
1996 Colorado     10,213
1998 Tampa Bay    10,312
2003 San Jose     10,466
2001 Tampa Bay    10,479
2008 Kansas City  10,686

From these numbers, it looks pretty grim for soccer in Kansas City. Owners of seven of the 20 worst seasons for attendance in league history they are also the only team to make the list in the last five years... which they did three times. This is interesting since six of the seasons belong to teams which don't exist any more.

However just looking at the raw average attendance doesn't control for the overall attendance ebbs and flows of the league. This list shows the worst home attendances relative to the league average.

year team         diff in %
2003 Dallas       -46.93
2000 Miami        -45.77
1998 Kansas City  -43.59
1999 Kansas City  -42.71
2004 Dallas       -41.59
1996 Colorado     -41.32
1999 Miami        -39.16
1997 Kansas City  -38.04
2009 Kansas City  -37.31
2005 Kansas City  -35.85
2001 San Jose     -35.60
2008 Kansas City  -35.08
1997 Dallas       -33.80
2000 Kansas City  -33.76
1996 Tampa Bay    -32.91
2000 Tampa Bay    -31.29
2007 Kansas City  -30.91
2001 Tampa Bay    -29.96
2003 San Jose     -29.75
2002 San Jose     -29.53

Measuring this way, Dallas' abysmal 2003 season takes over the top spot, underperforming the league average by a whopping 46%. Sadly the Wizards actually add an eighth season to the wall of shame. To be fair, their last two seasons have been played near the capacity of their minuscule temporary stadium, but it'll be interesting to see what happens when they move into their new home. If you're a Wizards fan (or owner,) you have to hope things change drastically.

You Mean It's NOT Porn Night on The Movie Channel

Last night I was flipping through the program guide on Dish Network, and these two movies were playing back to back on The Movie Channel.

Good Dick :: Hot Rod

Someone in the programming department has a sense of humor...

Incoming MLS Players With Great Names

Each year Major League Soccer signs some of the top underclassmen in college soccer to contracts before the SuperDraft. This year's crop has some serious talent, but even better, they have some of the best names to ever grace the league. Three of them have earned special awards from me:

Player most likely to moonlight in adult films: Corben Bone - midfielder from Wake Forest. The movie titles write themselves... Romancing the Bone... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Bone... Bone Alone...

Player most resembling a Dairy Queen treat: Dilly Duka - midfielder from Rutgers. His dad Mister Misty must be very proud of him.

Player who may actually be a tropical bird: Teal Bunbury - forward from Akron. I hear his name and keep thinking he should be mentioned alongside the Norwegian Blue in this sketch:

MLS Attendance - Teams Seen By the Smallest Percentage of Fans

Here's the year-end update to which teams had been seen by the smallest percentage of fans in a given season. Mea culpa -- I somehow managed to exclude data from 2008 in the post from earlier this year.

You might notice that this list has a lot of teams from the last couple of years. Thinking about this a bit more, that makes sense, as more teams in the league means each team should receive a smaller slice of the overall attendance pie. I still think this is an interesting stat, but it's probably less useful for historical comparisons than I originally thought.

Here's the list of teams who had the smallest percentage of tickets sold to see them.

   year tm    home    away    tm ttl  leage ttl  %seen
1  2009 KC   150,802 225,771  376,573 3,608,359  10.44
2  2009 DAL  186,612 227,434  414,046 3,608,359  11.47
3  2008 KC   160,286 237,319  397,605 3,456,641  11.50
4  2009 COL  184,963 236,908  421,871 3,608,359  11.69
5  1999 KC   130,924 191,229  322,153 2,742,102  11.75
6  2009 SJ   211,717 219,425  431,142 3,608,359  11.95
7  2009 NY   187,359 245,896  433,255 3,608,359  12.01
8  2008 SJ   205,695 210,563  416,258 3,456,641  12.04
9  2008 COL  204,884 220,131  425,015 3,456,641  12.30
10 2000 MIA  119,352 212,710  332,062 2,641,085  12.57
11 2007 KC   173,784 240,809  414,593 3,270,210  12.68
12 2009 DC   241,322 216,852  458,174 3,608,359  12.70
13 2009 SLK  245,628 217,705  463,333 3,608,359  12.84
14 2008 CLB  219,332 227,115  446,447 3,456,641  12.92
15 2009 HOU  255,712 212,395  468,107 3,608,359  12.97
16 2001 KC   142,402 166,060  308,462 2,363,859  13.05
17 1998 KC   129,163 230,245  359,408 2,747,897  13.08
18 2009 NE   205,977 268,590  474,567 3,608,359  13.15
19 2009 CHV  226,375 248,459  474,834 3,608,359  13.16
20 2007 COL  221,229 215,154  436,383 3,270,210  13.34

MLS Attendance - Teams Seen By the Largest Percentage of Fans

Earlier this year I had a mad posh to see which teams had been seen by the largest percentage of fans in a given season. It was interesting enough (to me at least) that I've created this post to update at the conclusion of each year.

The 2009 season didn't change the leaderboard in the least bit, which is not too surprising as each additional team makes it progressively harder to reach the top twenty.

Here's the list of teams who had the largest percentage of tickets sold to see them.

   year tm   home    away    tm ttl  leage ttl  %seen
1  1996 LA  462,650 346,210  808,860 2,785,001  29.04
2  2004 DC  258,484 355,289  613,773 2,333,797  26.30
3  1997 LA  330,015 248,179  578,194 2,339,019  24.72
4  2004 LA  357,137 217,411  574,548 2,333,797  24.62
5  1996 NY  382,360 295,952  678,312 2,785,001  24.36
6  1997 NE  342,762 221,566  564,328 2,339,019  24.13
7  2003 LA  329,752 209,091  538,843 2,234,747  24.11
8  2007 LA  363,782 420,525  784,307 3,270,210  23.98
   2005 LA  387,256 308,241  695,497 2,900,716  23.98
10 1997 DC  267,171 287,944  555,115 2,339,019  23.73
11 2008 LA  390,132 421,978  812,110 3,456,641  23.49
12 1996 NE  304,392 325,401  629,793 2,785,001  22.61
13 2003 KC  233,594 269,478  503,072 2,234,747  22.51
14 2000 LA  326,392 264,084  590,476 2,641,085  22.36
15 1998 LA  348,549 259,795  608,344 2,747,897  22.14
16 1997 NY  270,388 245,763  516,151 2,339,019  22.07
17 2002 LA  266,664 221,462  488,126 2,215,019  22.04
18 2006 LA  333,016 318,870  651,886 2,976,787  21.90
19 2001 DC  258,213 248,399  506,612 2,363,859  21.43
20 2003 CLB 243,756 233,704  477,460 2,234,747  21.37

My Triumphant Return

Contrary to popular belief, I have not abandoned the blog. Real life (aka work) has finally slowed down enough for me to get things rolling again, so let the posting begin!