Name:Ánderson Luís de Souza (Deco)

Age: 30

Club: Chelsea

National team: Portugal

Honors: * FIFA World Club Cup Golden Ball: 2006
* UEFA Champions League MVP: 2004
* UEFA Best Midfielder Award: 2004, 2006
* European Silver Ball (Second position of the European Player of the Year Award): 2003/04
* Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 2004
* Portuguese Golden Ball: 2003

Interesting facts:Deco is the first player to win the UEFA Best Midfielder Award with two different clubs, once each.

The Dynamo and Chivas USA getting knocked out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is not a surprise.
MLS teams will always try to be competitive in this tournament but will continue in the future to de-value this event yet it also can benefit the winner as it gives passage into the Concacaf Champions Cup.
That is not to say that on the day teams are not trying to win but at some point certain games and competitions must be prioritized. Sadly the LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP suffers with SUPERLIGA and CONCACAF CHAMPIONS CUP now top dogs on the totem poll with prize money and prestige not to mention league play.
The soccer landscape at the professional level is confusing for the most serious of fans. So what does it look like to the casual fan?
The Dynamo were ousted by Charleston last night on penalty kicks while Seattle defeated Chivas USA. These nights now become opportunity for younger players and you can be sure that USL 1 teams take these games serious.
Former Houston area youth product JOSH GARDNER produced an assist on one of the goals for SEATTLE and played a solid 90 minutes. Gardner played for three seasons with the LA GALAXY and was a member of an MLS CUP winning side.
FC Dallas and New England did advance beating Miami FC and the Richmond Kickers.

DYNAMO team president OLIVER LUCK said during DYNAMO ALL ACCESS with GLENN DAVIS that they are working on a deal with NATE JACQUA potentially returning to the the Dynamo for the remainder of the season and then moving on to the SEATTLE SOUNDERS. JACQUA has a strong desire apparently to get back to the Northwest. The Dynamo would essentially be renting Jacqua. What do you think of this idea?

FERNANDO TORRES TO HOUSTON…..

SPAIN’s star striker will be in Houston this Saturday night to participate in the FREE KICK MASTERS skills competition along with RONALDINHO, LIONEL MESSI, DECO, RAFA MARQUEZ, LUIS FABIANO , ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO and DYNAMO stars DWAYNE DEROSARIO and BRAD DAVIS.