Stephens Volley Nominated for Goal of the Week

Michael Stephens' game-winning goal against the Crew from Saturday evening has been nominated as the AT&T MLS Goal of the Year. Voting is available until 10 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday and can be done by clicking here.

And in case you have not seen the goal yet, you can see it below.

The Numbers are In

Most of us knew that Landon would wear the #10 shirt for the U.S. this summer in South Africa, but it was unknown what number Edson would wear, especially after donning the #29 shirt in the friendly against the Czech Republic.

However, all of that has been cleared up as the U.S. has officially unveiled their squad numbers for the World Cup, with Edson snagging his trademark #14 shirt. As we said, Landon will wear #10, but this will be the first time that he has worn the shirt in a World Cup, with Claudio Reyna claiming it in both 2002 and 2006, leaving Landon to wear #21.

You can see all of the U.S. squad numbers here and if you want to have your own U.S. jersey customized, be sure to stop by the Team LA store at The Home Depot Center. Even better, do it on Saturday evening so you can get your shirt customized and see the Galaxy take on the Dynamo at 5 p.m.

"Mum, you have the loudest laugh in the room."

This is what Elliott said to me over the weekend at his cadet promotion ceremony. At first I was kind of put off by it. I thought maybe I'd embarrassed him or myself. But as he shovelled cake into his face, he sputtered crumbs at me and continued: "But that's a good thing. I heard you laughing while I was in ranks and I knew you were out there even though I couldn't see you". Aww...

So even though I have an insane giggle and if you surprise a laugh out of me, the resulting bark can frighten birds from trees, it's somehow comforting to my children. Good to know. Because now I have to find another way to passive-aggressively humiliate my children in public.

kxx