CLINT DEMPSEY WINS THE 2006 HONDA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Midfielder Recognized as the Best Player on the U.S. National Team in 2006

LOS ANGELES (October 3, 2006) - Clint Dempsey today won the 2006 Honda Player of the Year Award, which for the last 16 years has honored the best player on the U.S. National Soccer Team as chosen by the American sports media.

Dempsey was presented the key to a new Honda Ridgeline truck during the annual Honda Player of the Year Award luncheon, which was held at The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

Dempsey received a total of 237 points in voting by 207 sports journalists who participated in this year's balloting. Kasey Keller finished second with a total of 184 points, and Brian McBride finished third with 127 points. A player received three points for each first-place vote, two points for each second-place vote, and one point for each third-place vote. In order to be eligible for the Honda Player of the Year Award, a player must play in a minimum of three (3) games for the U.S. National Team during the calendar year.

Dempsey scored four goals in nine games with the U.S. National Team in 2006, including one of the U.S. goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and this year finished in a tie for the team lead in goals scored. Since his debut with the National Team at the end of 2004, he has played in a total of 23 games and scored six goals for the United States. The 23 year old midfielder is in his third season with the New England Revolution.

Among those also in attendance were previous Honda Player of the Year Award winners Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Thomas Dooley and Hugo Perez, as well as other current and former players and coaches such as Steve Sampson, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Christopher Sullivan, Frank Yallop and Rick Davis.

Created by Fútbol de Primera and sponsored by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., the Honda Player of the Year Award has now honored 12 different players in its 16 year history: Clint Dempsey (2006), Kasey Keller (2005, 1999), Landon Donovan (2004, 2003 and 2002), Earnie Stewart (2001), Claudio Reyna (2000), Cobi Jones (1998), Eddie Pope (1997), Eric Wynalda (1996, 1992), Alexi Lalas (1995), Marcelo Balboa (1994), Thomas Dooley (1993) and Hugo Perez (1991). In 2000, Eric Wynalda was named the Honda Player of the Decade.

Honda has supported soccer programs and played a part in the growth of this exciting sport in America. Honda's current support includes 16 years as a sponsor of the Honda Player of the Year Award and 9 years as a sponsor of the Honda Symposium, as well as 11 years as the official Automotive Sponsor and Official Vehicle of Major League Soccer.

Fútbol de Primera is the home of the most important exclusive soccer radio rights in the country, including the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Mexican National Team through 2010, the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and South America's Copa Libertadores. Additionally, Fútbol de Primera carries the Mexican League Game of the Week. Fútbol de Primera's Daily Show and Sunday Show, on the air since 1989 and hosted by Emmy award-winning broadcaster Andres Cantor, is the longest-running, nationally-syndicated Spanish-language radio program in the country. Last year, Fútbol de Primera launched XM Deportivo, the first 24-hour Spanish-language sports channel on XM Satellite Radio (channel 147).

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