Bruin’s hat trick earns him MLS Player of the Week honours 2 May 2011 Will Bruin is, through, the first seven weeks of the MLS season, the leading candidate for Rookie of the Year honours. With a hat trick in Houston’s 4-1 win D.C. United on Friday, Bruin earned Player of the Week honours after the votes from the North American Soccer Reporters were counted. Bruin became only the player in MLS history to notch a hat trick in his rookie campaign.