Bruin named MLS Player of the Week: The 11’s nod went to Teibert

Most of the time, the bodies of work we look at are fairly consistent when voting for an MLS Player of the Week. Most of the time, we judge players on the basis that they each play a single match on the weekend. But in the odd weeks where some teams play two games because of the midweek schedule and others play one — that makes it difficult. This week, Houston Dynamo forward Will Bruin won the Player of the Week vote. He scored twice and added two assists in a midweek 4-0 win over D.C. United, but didn’t do much in a 1-0 loss at home Sunday to Sporting Kansas City. And that brings up an uncomfortable question: Does a “meh” game on Sunday weigh down what was a spectacular midweek effort? In the eyes of The 11, the answer is yes. Bruin didn’t get our first-place vote: t went to a player who only played once this week, Canadian midfielder Russell Teibert. After being thrust into Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 14th minute, Teibert was the Whitecaps’ best player on the pitch. He scored twice, but brought a team that badly needed a spark to life. And, as well, we had to handicap Bruin’s two-goal, two-assist game — after all, it did come against a D.C. United side that, at the moment, looks like it would struggle to get a result against its USL affiliate… RELATED: Russell to the rescue: Canadian has game to remember for the Whitecaps (CLICK)