Here's a challenge for you: Without looking, name the top goal-scorer for the Western Conference leading Colorado Rapids (3-3-0), a team that has scored 10 times in six games. Cue the Jeopardy music. A logical guess would be midfielder Christian Gomez, a former league MVP whom the Rapids acquired in the offseason from D.C. United. ...

Usually by this point in the season there is at least one rookie who has grabbed some attention, one player that people are starting to take notice of, one player that gets the early jump on the Rookie of the Year race. But not so in 2008. It seems that the trend now is for MLS teams to turn to foreign talent more so than to the college products, ...