On the list of miscarriages of justice in MLS, Goal of the Week voting barely registers. Just this week, for example, New York City FC lost a game when referee Alan Kelly allowed the New York Red Bulls to take a throw-in after the assistant referee had clearly called for a corner. (Yes, that’s the same Alan Kelly who incorrectly disallowed Danny Leyva’s goal a couple weeks ago.)
Important or not, though, there have definitely been shenanigans when it comes to Goal of the Week. We sorta covered it when Cristian Roldan was up for Goal of the Week in successive May weeks, mysteriously losing out both times to far less impressive strikes.