Last season we debuted the MLS Twitter Best XI. Involvement and voting of fans, players, and clubs all led to a successful and fun contest. It's back.
Twitter has become a huge part of people’s everyday lives. As a matter of fact, you are probably reading this after clicking a link on Twitter. Celebrities and professional athletes have also taken a liking to Twitter as a place to share things and interact with their fans. Major League Soccer players have a strong presence on Twitter with so many of them being on Twitter and then getting their teammates to join. Besides having a strong presence, the players of MLS are also great follows. Not only do a lot of them interact daily with fans but they bring great insight to the game we all follow and some of them are quite funny and entertaining. Since we debuted this competition last year it seems the number of MLS players on Twitter has grown exponentially!
What is the Twitter Best XI? Every season MLS comes out with the “Best XI”, a team of eleven players who are the best at their position. Now that we are in the offseason it is time to unveil the 2nd annual MLS Best XI on Twitter, a "team" of the best MLS players on Twitter. We will leave it up to you to vote for the best player at each position. We’ll let you decide on what you want to base your vote on; funniest guy, most interactive, best looking, our maybe a player on your favorite team.
Today we unveil the finalists for defenders. This was a very tough group to pare down but we have 32 great choices to vote on. You are allowed to vote once per day and the voting for defenders will close on Thursday at 7 PM central time so make sure to come back each day and vote for your favorite. The winner of each group will earn a spot on our Twitter “team”. When you vote in one poll you will be redirected to another page showing you the results. You can click back in your browser to go back to the voting page and vote in another group. Without further ado, here are your finalists for defenders.
| Twitter Best XI: Defenders (Group A) | |
| Stephen McCarthy (@BigMacca26) – New England Revolution | |
| Heath Pearce (@HeathGPearce) – New York Red Bulls | |
| Brandon McDonald (@BMcDonald4) – DC United | |
| Zach Loyd (@ZachLoyd) – FC Dallas | |
| Chris Albright (@ChrisAlbright03) – Philadelphia Union | |
| Jay DeMerit (@D6MERIT) – Vancouver Whitecaps | |
| Tony Beltran (@Tonybeltran23) – Real Salt Lake | |
| Omar Gonzalez (@Omar4Gonzalez) – LA Galaxy | |
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| Twitter Best XI: Defenders (Group B) | |
| Drew Moor (@drewmoor) – Colorado Rapids | |
| Austin Berry (@aberr22) – Chicago Fire | |
| Zarek Valentin (@DubbZV) – Montreal Impact | |
| Chad Marshall (@ChadMarshall14) – Columbus Crew | |
| Bobby Boswell (@bobbyboswell) – Houston Dynamo | |
| Zach Scott (@zkscott) – Seattle Sounders | |
| Matt Besler (@mbesler) – Sporting Kansas City | |
| George John (@GDoubleJohn) – FC Dallas | |
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| Twitter Best XI: Defenders (Group C) | |
| Ashtone Morgan (@ashtone_m) – Toronto FC | |
| Aurelien Collin (@ampC2) – Sporting Kansas City | |
| Ante Jazic (@AnteJazic) – Chivas USA | |
| Young-Pyo Lee (@fromtheline) – Vancouver Whitecaps | |
| Robbie Russell (@RobbieRussell03) – DC United | |
| Corey Ashe (@CoreyAshe) – Houston Dynamo | |
| A.J. DeLaGarza (@AJD_20) – LA Galaxy | |
| Connor Lade (@clade5) – New York Red Bulls | |
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| Twitter Best XI: Defenders (Group D) | |
| James Riley (@JamesRiley7) – Chivas USA | |
| Michael Harrington (@mikeymomoney2) – Portland Timbers | |
| Sheanon Williams (@sheanonwilliams) – Philadelphia Union | |
| Jeremy Hall (@JeremyHall17) – Toronto FC | |
| Chris Wingert (@wingert17) – Real Salt Lake | |
| Justin Morrow (@JMo_row_15) – San Jose Earthquakes | |
| Kevin Alston (@KAlston30) – New England Revolution | |
| Jeb Brovsky (@JebBrovsky) – Montreal Impact | |
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