Major League Soccer announced today that standout Crew defender Chad Marshall has been voted the 2008 Visa Defender of the Year, awarded to the defender who earns the most votes in polling of MLS players, general managers, coaches, and members of the media. Marshall becomes the second player in Crew history to win the prestigious league award, joining only Robin Fraser who won it after Marshall’s rookie season of 2004 when the two played alongside one another.

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