Back in early June, Borek Dockal was beginning to figure out MLS defenses. His numbers were already at the level of Tranquillo Barnetta — the prototype midfielder Union brass would have gladly cloned — and he was in the midst of exposing Real Salt Lake at Talen Energy Stadium and finding holes in the best defense in MLS at Red Bull Arena.
Now, quite deservedly, Dockal is the MLS Player of the Week.
Since that breakout match against RSL when he had a goal and two assists, Dockal has been a man unleashed. He sized up MLS and has delivered a consistent stream of body and head shots every since; the rest of 2018 will be a cat-and-mouse game between the Czech playmaker and the rest of the league as they seek to target his weaknesses and slow him down.