Grande Zach Thornton has final word

The joke's on us. After a year of constant digs, reminers of his larger than life size and chuckling about his mass (remember when they droppd him in Toronto...hehehe), the Chivas keeper -- the round mound of the 18-yard box-- has the final word.

Big Zach Thornton is the league’s most valuable goaltender.

I'm sure Thornton would tell us to "eat him" if not for the obvious jokes it would set-up.

It's his second time winning the award and first since 1998. No keeper has won the award more than once and only Pat Onstad and Joe Cannon have joined Big Zach in the brace.

Most had thought that Old Kasey Keller would have captured the award, but the voters must have gotten sick of listening to the Seattle fans on BigSoccer. Or, they are desperate to give him the Newcomer of the Year award -- you know, for the irony of it going to a 39-year-old.

So Big Zach it is.