Despite loss, Saborio earns Player of the Week award as a consolation prize 29 Jul 2013 It is rare, very rare, that the MLS Player of the Week comes from a team that didn’t get even a single point out of its game(s).
Magee wins first MLS POTW award of 2013 4 Mar 2013 Mike Magee, who scored three times Sunday in that win over Chicago, won in a landslide in the first ballot of the season for the members of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Whitecaps clinch No. 1 seed in ACC with Utah draw 28 Oct 2012 The point guarantees that the Whitecaps will open the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship against No. 4 seed FC Edmonton, while Montreal will meet Toronto FC in the other semifinal.
Henry’s performance against TFC earns his MLS POTW honours 1 Oct 2012 Maybe there should be a rule: If you face Toronto FC, you can’t be eligible for Player of the Week. Your performance is tainted by the level of the opposition.
Morales’s departure paves the way for Whitecaps to beat RSL 12 Aug 2012 One halftime change altered the course of the game. It sent Real Salt Lake off the rails, and gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a major advantage.
Keane named MLS Player of the Month 2 Aug 2012 Irish striker and Los Angeles Galaxy Designated Player Robbie Keane was named the MLS Player of the Month for July.
Saborio’s two strikes sink unfortunate Whitecaps 28 Jul 2012 “I thought we put in an excellent performance tonight,” said head coach Martin Rennie after the match. “I thought we had lots of chances against a good team away from home."
Saborio’s hat trick nets him MLS Player of the Week honour 9 Jul 2012 Saborio blew away the field in the MLS Player of the Week vote, earning 11 of the 16 first-place votes cast.
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.
TFC loses seventh in a row on Steele heartbreaker in Salt Lake City 29 Apr 2012 “They’re a good team, but the problem they had is that Champions League killed them. It’s a very tough thing to do in a salary cap league even with three designated players. It’s extremely tough to travel down to Mexico and then up to Montreal. It’s difficult. You are so focused on this championship that you are so close to winning, and then all the sudden you’ve got to refocus on the league and you’re 10 points behind.”