Here’s how you know you had a good week. Your club puts four people into the MLS Team of the Week and none of them are the guy that broke the longest win streak in the modern era of the league with a goal on the road in extra time.
The players that did make it into the team of the week, however, all richly deserve the honor. Jay Simpson pressed Seattle into a late mistake on Wednesday evening and powered Philly to victory over Western Conference leading Sporting KC on Sunday. Auston Trusty led the back line to a pair of shutouts against two of the best in the west even though he was the only member of the back line (including goalie!