Crew’s Renteria named MLS Player of the Week 29 May 2012 After what was a very spread-out vote, Columbus Crew forward Emilio Renteria was named the MLS Player of the Week.
MLS salaries: The winners, the losers, the bargains 25 May 2012 Eckersley is a classic example of the type of athlete who is popular in Toronto. A journeyman kinda guy who works exceptionally hard. He fits the archetype of a Dan Gargan, John McDonald, Matt Bonner, James Reimer — working-class guys who blow up in a Toronto market that eats superstars alive but worships the depth-chart players.
De Rosario earns POTW nod for yet another dominating performance vs. TFC 21 May 2012 As we stated on the ballot, ““De Rosario was dominant, outside of two goals. If De Ro only played his former teams he’d break Roy Lassiter’s scoring record three times over.”
Nguyen’s statement game earns him MLS POTW honours 14 May 2012 Lee Nguyen never got a chance to play a game for the Vancouver Whitecaps. And, on Monday, he was named MLS Player of the Week for showing up the Whitecaps.
Wondolowski named Player of the Week: Too early to talk about Lassiter’s record? 7 May 2012 Wondolowski took over the MLS scoring lead this week, and now has 11 on the season. The reigning MLS Player of the Month easily took the vote from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Wondolowski wins Player of the Month honour 2 May 2012 Chris Wondolowski was the first man in MLS to score on the Vancouver Whitecaps this season — and it’s one of the reasons he was selected the league’s Player of the Month for April.
No surprise… Pontius named MLS Player of the Week 23 Apr 2012 D.C. United’s Chris Pontius notched a hat trick in a 4-1 triumph over the New York Red Bulls, and got the most POTW votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Bad news for TFC, Impact: East is proving to be much better than advertised 23 Apr 2012 In fact, take Montreal and Toronto away from the equation — and their collective 0-6-0 record against the West, and the East actually has a winning record (12-11-5) in interconference matches.
Henry makes MLS history with third POTW award in a row 9 Apr 2012 He has seven goals in five matches. Is it too early to start the Roy Lassiter goal watch? Lassiter holds the MLS record with 27 goals in a season, done in an era of mini-games and shootouts.
Henry easily beats Caps’ Cannon for Player of the Month honours 5 Apr 2012 Henry, who had five goals and three assists for the New York Red Bulls through the club’s first four matches, got 17 of the 25 first-place votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters. Vancouver Whitecaps’ keeper Joe Cannon — who has yet to give up a goal this season — finished second in the voting.