Crew's Schelotto wins MVP

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11/20/2008 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Columbus Crew midfielder Guillermo Barros Schelotto was named Major League Soccers Most Valuable Player on Thursday.

Schelotto, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, led MLS with 19 assists - tied for the second highest single-season total in league history. Only Carlos Valderramas 26 assists in 2000 was higher than Schelottos 2008 total.

Heading into MLS Cup on Sunday against Red Bull New York, Schelotto has three assists in three playoff games and has contributed on all but two of the Crews postseason goals.

Schelotto also had seven goals during the regular season. He was the MLS Player of the Week three times and was named Player of the Month for August.

He led Columbus to the league's best record (17-7-6), turning a team that was just 9-11-10 into an MLS Cup finalist.

The Crews offense ranked second in the league in 2008 with 50 goals. His field vision and ball striking ability were second to none this season. Schelotto was a member of the 2007 Best XI team and becomes the second Argentine to win the leagues MVP, joining 2006 winner Christian Gomez.

Los Angeles forward Landon Donovan and Chicago midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco were also MVP finalists. Donovan led the league with 20 goals - just the sixth time in league history a player has reached that mark - and Blanco led the Fire to the Eastern Conference final.

The MVP earned the most votes in polling of players, general managers, coaches, and members of the media. Schelotto is the first Columbus player to win MVP.

Columbus plays New York at 3:30 p.m. (ET) at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. in the MLS Cup final.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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