In a vote result that surprised absolutely no one, Chris Wondolowski was named the MLS Player of the Month for October.

So, according to the basics of Journalism 101, the fact that Chris Wondolowski was named MLS Player of the Week isn’t a news item. The San Jose Earthquakes striker scored his 23rd, 24th and 25th goals of the season in a 4-1 win over the Colorado Rapids — and was the easy winner of the vote from the members of the North American Soccer Reporters.

Chris Wondolowski’s charge towards the MLS Most Valuable Player award continues. The San Jose Earthquakes striker was named the league’s Player of the Month for September.

Chris Wondolowski’s three-goals-in-two-games performance earned him the MLS Player of the Week award.

The Montreal Impact continued its drive toward the playoffs this evening with a decisive 3-1 victory over the league-leading San Jose Earthquakes in front of a sold-out house of 19,441.

To put that in perspective, Dwayne De Rosario won the Golden Boot last season... with 16 goals. Wondo has already surpassed that total. In July.

The San Jose Earthquakes forward, MVP candidate and the league’s leading scorer earned 10 first-place votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters, while Koevermans got six.

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.

He left it late, but Eric Hassli’s 94th minute stoppage-time winner gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night at BC Place, sending the 19,271 fans home happy.

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.