A dream is a wish

Your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.
In dreams you can lose your heartache,
Whatever you wish for, will be
Have faith in your dreams and someday,
A rainbow will come shining through
No matter how your heart is grieving,
If you keep on believing,
The dream that you wish, will come true.

Of course, I only learned those words when I was older.
When I was little, I had a record (yes, in vinyl) of La Cenicienta,
and so the version I heard was

Soñar es desear la dicha
en nuestro porvenir.
Lo que el corazón anhela
se sueña y se suele vivir.
Si amor es el bien deseado
en dulces sueños llegará.
No importa quién borre el camino
marcado está un destino
y el sueño se realizará

It's a little mushier in Spanish - mentioning love, while in English, there's more reference to pain and heartbreak, but the basic message is the same, believe in your dreams. Course, just dreaming gets one nowhere - but add a lot of hard work to a dream - and hey, then you're cooking with gas.

Where's the goal?

After reviewing the goals in MLS for the Week 10 Spotlight, I pretty much came to a simple conclusion that Jorge Flores' goal against Columbus was the best of the week. His left-footed volley was something else, and in case you didn't see it here it is.

It's a pretty good goal, but I thought maybe I was influenced because I saw it live. But then again, I didn't see Kyle McCarthy at the game and here's what he had to say about it.

Should the league even bother with a Goal of the Week vote this week or should they just send the award to Jorge Flores? The volley into the far side netting deserves all the plaudits it will receive this week.

So I suppose I wasn't the only one who thought Flores' goal was something else.

The goals that were nominated are here. While I think there were some nice goals scored there, particularly Kenny Cooper's, which I linked to last week, none were as good as Flores'. Conor Casey's goal was superior than Flores'? Really?

In the grand scheme of things, of course, this doesn't have a great significance. But if the league is going to take time to highlight its best goals on a weekly basis, then they should at least treat it with respect and get it right.