Both Dwayne De Rosario and Juan Pablo Angel scored four times in the past week. But, in the end, the Player of the Week balloting wasn’t close.The Canadian beat the Colombian handily, taking 13 out of 16 first-place votes from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters.

Aron Winter gambled, and rolled snake eyes.With a massive, must-win CONCACAF Champions League against Pumas UNAM coming up on Tuesday, and with Toronto FC all but eliminated from the MLS playoff race, the Reds’ technical director and coach decided to start his best available XI Saturday against Chivas.

Dwayne De Rosario has done a lot in his storied MLS career; four championships, MVP nominations, goals of the year.But he could do something this season that no other MLS player has done since the league kicked off in 1996; win the MVP award in a season in which the winner was traded.

Yes, collapses can occur in sport. But the Reds would need to go on a perfect run to finish the season and then need not one, not two, but three teams to all collapse. To have all three falter would be a statistical anomaly.

Danny Koevermans struck again for Toronto FC, as his first half goal proved to be the difference in TFC's 1-0 win over Tauro FC on Tuesday night at BMO Field.

But, then, there’s the matter of Montreal. The Impact is red-hot at the moment, earning 14 points out of the last 21 on the table. With the additions of MLS loaners Miguel Montano and Ryan Pore, the attack has been transformed. Evan Bush is the best keeper in NASL.Wouldn’t it suit Carolina best to ensure that the team most likely to make a Cinderella run from a low seed didn’t make the playoffs at all?

Danny Koevermans scored two second-half goals to give Toronto FC a 2-1 win over the reigning league champions, the Colorado Rapids, on Saturday. Those goals earned him the nod as the Player of the Week from the membership of the North American Soccer Reporters, the league announced Monday.

Two of the three Galaxy goals came when men were left completely unmarked in the Whitecaps penalty area to nod crosses home. These were goals you’d expect decent men’s league players to score given that much time and space.

Koevermans collected his first two home pitch goals to lead the Reds to a 2-1 win Saturday over the Colorado Rapids. Koevermans has now scored six goals in seven league games since signing with TFC as a Designated Player on June 29.

Davies hasn’t seen much action for the veteran-laden Galaxy, but as a former top prospect who is only 22 at the moment, he gives the club another young defender to develop. And, anyone who has seen TFC this season knows the centre of defence is the club’s most pressing problem.