Orji Okwonkwo, in a fitness battle to be ready for this Saturday night’s encounter against Minnesota United, was given a boost, taking the honours in MLS Goal of Week 17.
The young Nigerian swivelled and rifled a right-foot volley into the roof of the Portland net last midweek, and immediately everyone there watching in the stadium knew they’d just witnessed something special.
Any Impact fan leaving Stade Saputo that evening would have already been convinced Okwonkwo had ‘Goal of the Week’ in the bag. But that was before seeing Wayne Rooney’s marvellous strike from his own half for DC United against Orlando, giving his side a narrow victory.