Bruce Arena voted as winner of MLS Coach of the Year

 　　HOUSTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) on Monday announced Los Angeles Galaxy¹'s coach Bruce Arena² as the winner of the 2011 MLS Coach of the Year.

　　MLS said in a statement that in his third full season as LA head coach, Arena led the Galaxy to one of the best regular seasons in MLS history, capturing the Supporter's Shield for the second-consecutive season and recording³ the second-best point total (67, 19-5-10) since the league's inaugural⁴ year in 1996.

　　Statistics show that the LA Galaxy ran away with the Supporter's Shield behind the consistent and stingy play of MLS' best defense⁵. The team had 17 shutouts in 34 games, tying the all-time record set by Kansas City in 2000, and allowed the fewest goals in the league (28). They had the best goal differential in MLS (+20), while also registering the third-best goals against average (0.82) in league history.

　　Voting was conducted among MLS club management, media, and players based on regular season performance. Arena collected the majority of the vote in each category,becoming the first person to win the award three times (1997, 2009, 2011).

　　Seattle Sounders manager Sigi Schmid finished second while Sporting Kansas City's Peter Vermes came in third.

　　The 60-year-old Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

　　During his time as national team head coach, the United States rose in the FIFA world rankings from being 19th to being fourth. Bruce Arena's 71 wins as national coach from 1998-2006 are by far the most in U.S. history, making him the most successful Men's US National Team Coach in history.

　　On August 18, 2008, the Los Angeles Galaxy hired Arena as head coach. He inherited a team which had failed to make the playoffs since 2005.

　　Under his coaching, the Galaxy went to the playoffs in 2009 and Arena was selected as the 2009 MLS Coach of the Year Award accordingly.

　　Arena was first awarded MLS Coach of the Year in 1997 when he was the head coach with DC United.

1 galaxy   

n.星系；银河系；一群(杰出或著名的人物)

参考例句：

• The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
• The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。

2 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

4 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。