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.

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.

Ferreira nabbed 15 of the 18 first-place votes cast by members of the North American Soccer Reporters.

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.

Irish striker and Los Angeles Galaxy Designated Player Robbie Keane was named the MLS Player of the Month for July.

Going through the names on the list, we decided to pick out the Canadians in MLS — and rank Canada’s Rich List (or Poor List, depending on some entry-level deals).

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.

And, on Wednesday, the Impact sent Braun home to his home state of Utah.

Saborio blew away the field in the MLS Player of the Week vote, earning 11 of the 16 first-place votes cast.

The poster boy of American soccer scored three times and set up two goals in week 16, as the suddenly resurgent Los Angeles Galaxy beat former Western Conference top dog Real Salt Lake 3-2 then throttled the Vancouver Whitecaps by a 3-0 count.