Outsourcing

There’s not much in the news today, so we’re going to take a cue from the local corporations and outsource today’s blog — not to some Pacific Rim locale that provides a cornucopia of cheap labor, but to our friends over at Soccer by Ives.

The proprietor of that fine establishment, Ives Galarcep, has singled out San Jose’s Ronnie O’Brien as his MLS Player of the Week. (O’Brien is doing well on our man of the match survey, too, capturing 50 percent of the vote so far.) Despite some other good performances and goals in MLS last week — most notably Jozy Altidore’s stellar solo effort against the Revs — we didn’t see anyone on the field who was as determined as O’Brien to carry his team forward to victory. We do have to wonder, though. Now that he has acknowledged that the Quakes have some talent, does Ives still think that last place is inevitable?

Finally, we’ll direct you to Ives’ San Jose fan correspondent, Kevin Matthiessen, who provides an animated account of last weekend’s match.