Taylor Twellman wins MLS 2005 GOLDEN BOOT

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With the conclusion of the MLS regular season on Sunday, New England
Revolution forward Taylor Twellman claimed the Budweiser Golden
Boot, awarded to the leading goal scorer during the MLS regular
season.

With 17 goals on the campaign (including none on penalty kicks),
Twellman finished one goal ahead of D.C. United forward Jaime Moreno
(16 goals) and four goals ahead of forwards Landon Donovan (12
goals) of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Jeff Cunningham (12 goals) of
the Colorado Rapids.


Since coming to MLS at the start of the 2002 season, the 25-year old
Twellman has scored more goals than any other player in the League
during that span, tallying 64 goals in 98 career regular season
games. The native of St. Louis, Missouri is the third consecutive
Revolution player to lead or tie for the league-lead in goals
scored. Teammate Pat Noonan tied Eddie Johnson (Dallas) with 12
goals in 2004 and Twellman tied Carlos Ruiz (Los Angeles Galaxy)
with 15 goals in 2003.


Twellman, the Honda Most Valuable Player of the 2005 Sierra Mist MLS
All-Star Game, has re-emerged on the international scene with the
U.S. national team. He scored his first goal for the U.S. on
Wednesday in a 2-0 World Cup Qualifying win over Panama at Gillette
Stadium, home of the Revolution.


The 2005 Budweiser Golden Boot winner and his Revolution teammates
face the MetroStars in the Eastern Conference Semifinals home-and-
home series beginning on Saturday, October 22 at Giants Stadium.
Three players have led the League in goals scored and gone on to win
the MLS Cup title in the same year: Carlos Ruiz (LA - 2002), Roy
Lassiter (D.C. United - 1999) and Jaime Moreno (D.C. United - 1997).