The MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week includes two players who starred in Sporting Kansas City’s 6-0 demolition of Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Friday night at Children’s Mercy Park.
Fellow newcomers Johnny Russell and Yohan Croizet were selected among the best performers in Week 8 on Monday, adding gloss to a historic result that set or equaled multiple club records.
Russell is a bona fide MLS Player of the Week candidate, having bagged a hat-trick and earned a penalty as the scintillating star of Friday’s show. The 28-year-old, who is tied for second in MLS with five goals, became the seventh player in club history to record a hat-trick in the regular season.