Filed under: MLS, Houston Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, Seattle Sounders FC, Toronto FC
So Blaise Nkufo is your Major League Soccer player of the week. Fair enough — the Swiss forward had a hat trick in the Seattle Sounders’ 4-0 demolition of East-leading Columbus on Saturday.
It’s the margin of victory that’s a bit more curious. We don’t have the figures at the moment, but the North American Soccer Reporters, whose members determine the winner, tweeted that Nkufo won “in a landslide.” Three goals in Columbus (the first of Nkufo’s MLS career) certainly is noteworthy, but on a weekend when Landon Donovan and Dwayne De Rosario each scored both goals in dramatic 2-1 victories, perhaps a tighter race was appropriate. Nathan Sturgis’ penalty kick would have done the job for the Sounders.
Donovan tallied his pair at home against bottom-feeding D.C. United. The Los Angeles Galaxy are fighting for the Supporters Shield but will ease into the playoffs. The way Donovan grabbed hold of the game in the final 10 minutes was impressive, and almost typical for a world-class player who’s been in impeccable form for nearly two years.
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