Week 30 MVP race

1. Mike Magee- Chicago Fire/Los Angeles Galaxy
If the Fire make the playoffs, Magee wins the MVP award, or at least that's what former MVP Taylor Twellman said.  He played a major role in helping LA to where they were before the transfer, a great understudy for Donovan, and now leads the Fire in the hunt for the wildcard spot.  A bad game in Columbus, and as a Fire fan, I have to say the referee didn't call all the Crew's fouls on the Fire.  I say Magee has booked a ticket in the MVP race, but Keane and Di Vaio are close on his tail.  I think if Magee wants to win MVP for sure, he'll need to do one of these:
WIN ANOTHER PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARD
WIN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
SCORE A HATTRICK
FIRE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS
FIRE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND GET TO THE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
If these happen, all of them combined, Magee- who will then have March, June, and October Player of the Month Awards, as well as 2 Player of the Week awards, at least 19 goals, and the Fire- who looked out after 10 matches are now in the playoffs, even getting through the Wild Card game.  If three of these things happen, Magee is without a doubt the MVP.
2. Robbie Keane- Los Angeles Galaxy
Keane is highly overrated.  I get it, 13 goals and 11 assists in 18 games.  I agree- that's impressive.  But even as impressive as that is Keane doesn't have what I call the "Team Bettered Award."  When Donovan doesn't play, and when Magee was out before Donovan's return, he wasn't as good.  This was due to the fact that he'd lost his main passers and assisters.  When Keane is out but Donovan is in, he leads LA with ease, but combined it's a great pair up.
3. Marco Di Vaio- Montreal Impact
The Golden Boot winner is always an MVP candidate.  Montreal are not in a very good spot right now, and Di Vaio appears to be loosing his edge a bit.  Still, 18 of the 46 Montreal goals have come through him.  If Di Vaio does retire at the season's end, he probably will gain some respect votes for his massive last year achievement.
4. Diego Valeri- Portland Timbers
12 assists (leads league) and 8 goals combined equal 20 goals Valeri had to do with- out of Portland's 45.  He is highly underrated.  When we look at Keane, he's scored 5 more goals, but has one less assist.  I think Valeri will be on the best XI at season's end.  As for the team- Will Johnson is a good player, but Diego is just better.  When he's on form, Portland are hard to beat.
5. Camilo- Vancouver Whitecaps
16 goals, 5 assists.  Vancouver's last hope of getting into the playoffs.  He'll have to be a great player to get on the MVP ballot.  And when I say great- winning the golden boot, Vancouver in the playoffs, and him winning Player of the Month.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Diego Fagundez, New England Revolution
Thierry Henry, New York Red Bulls
Eddie Johnson, Seattle Sounders
Nick Rimando, Real Salt Lake
Frederico Higuain, Columbus Crew

I decided to put a personal ranking up instead of my usual calculation tool.  This is do to me having math and being angered by it today.