Miguel Almiron has been voted MLS Player of the Week after his hat-trick performance against the Houston Dynamo.
Almiron is the second Atlanta United player to win Player of the Week honors, both earning the award after scoring hat-tricks. Josef Martinez was awarded Player of the Week after his three-goal performance against Minnesota United in March.
The 23-year-old Paraguayan opened Atlanta United’s account against Houston in the 30th minute after receiving the ball from Yamil Asad, opening space on his left and rocketing a shot over Houston goalkeeper Joe Willis. Almiron added his second in the 42nd minute after Asad laid a pass off to him, dribbled past two defenders, and shot the ball into the upper-right corner of the goal.