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Welcome back to Week 29 of Justin and Favian’s Weekly MLS Awards where SBI staff writers Justin Ruderman and Favian Renkel bring you a glimpse at the best of each week in MLS.
The penultimate MLS Weekly Awards of the regular season is upon us!
As we push through the international break, let’s recap what happened in the Decision Day lead-up:
Player of the Week
Justin Ruderman: Riqui Puig
Two goals on Wednesday, two assists on Saturday. Riqui Puig had himself a week.
In victories over Colorado Rapids and Austin FC, Puig dropped consecutive Man of the Match performances while putting his array of skills on full display. At home vs Verde, he not only assisted both of Galaxy’s goals but dominated nearly every statistic possible for a midfielder as well. With 3 chances created, 5 successful dribbles, 64 passes completed, 2 tackles completed, 9 fouls drawn, and 16 duels won, the 25-year-old La Masia product led the match in every category mentioned.
Puig has likely had the best season of any MLS player absent from the MVP discussion.
Favian Renkel: Cucho Hernandez (Columbus Crew)
Cucho Hernández has recorded five goal contributions in his last three games. Despite missing one of the biggest penalties of his MLS career against Inter Miami, Hernández has put together an MVP-caliber season. With his two goals against the Philadelphia Union, the Colombian international set a new record for the most goal contributions in a single season for the Columbus Crew, reaching 32—with one game still to play.
Had Cucho not been called up by Colombia and been available for the Crew’s final match—a 4-0 home win over the New England Revolution—he might have locked in the MVP award. He would have a great chance to have either tied Evander or Luciano Acosta at 33 goal contributions oreven surpassed the other MVP contenders.
Eight game winning goals in MLS this season, while Lionel Messi has two.
We’ll see if…
Source link : https://sbisoccer.com/2024/10/riqui-puig-gabriel-pirani-headline-best-of-mls-for-week-28-29
Author : Favian Renkel
Publish date : 2024-10-15 13:58:37
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