What a difference a year makes. Or does it?

One year ago, we were worried that Pablo wasn’t happy with his role on the team.  A missed flight to Monterrey made us wonder if Pablo had been dropped because he wanted a new contract.  We all thought it was crazy.  Ricchetti was our rock, wasn’t he?

Two months ago, Pablo demanded to be let out of his Hoops to become the holding mid at Los Angeles.  Schellas’s reaction?  He wasn’t upset, mind you.  He was just disappointed.   And we, we were worried. Since JT’s departure, several Hoops midfielders had been shown the door (or the bench) by the new regime, including  AA, Dax, Avi, Rocha…  Now Pablo?  The man with the steely resolve and the trickiest name to spell in all of MLS?

Never fear.  Today, both the inestimable Buzz and WCW both report that Pablo has indeed been named the Hoops’ captain for 2009.  Buena suerte, mi capitan.  Go where no Hoops captain has ever gone before!  (And we don’t mean Paraguay!)