Cepero gives reserves wiiiings

Former Penn goalkeeper Danny Cepero has two men in front of him on the New York Red Bulls, but he's still finding a way to impress his coaches.

Cepero, the Red Bulls' third-string goalie on a development contract, has been leading the "Reserves" squad. Every MLS franchise has its backups in a separate league, in which Cepero's Red Bulls are near the top of the tables - tied for second place out of the 13 teams at 3-1.

In his three starts, Cepero has allowed four goals and is 2-1, and came in for 15 minutes of relief in a 2-0 win in April.

That stat line maybe doesn't sound great, but MLS is a fairly high-scoring league, and Cepero had to make the team first and then play in the games while he was finishing up at Penn.

Cepero was picked in the fourth round of the 2007 Supplemental Draft in January, and has been playing with the team ever since. Once starting goalie Ronald Waterreus got injured, Cepero was made readily available as a substitute (five designated players are allowed to be chosen during the game as one of the three substitutes) though he hasn't yet made it onto the field.

Although if you listen to L.A. Galaxy President Alexi Lalas, who says that MLS is on par with England's Premiership, (and even if you, like everyone in the world but him, don't) then Cepero is doing pretty well for himself.