By Justin Ruderman and Favian Renkel
Welcome back to week nineteen of Justin and Favian’s Weekly MLS Awards where SBI staff writers Justin Ruderman and Favian Renkel bring you a glimpse at the best of each week in MLS. As the schedule approaches the annual MLS All-Star game, chaos starts to ensue. This week that played out in the form of blowouts across the league.
Player of the Week
Justin Ruderman: Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake)
This is how you respond to adversity.
Mere hours after reports surfaced of Diego Luna shockingly being left off of the U.S. Men’s Olympic roster headed to Paris, the 20-year-old produced the game of his life with a hat trick of assists capped off by a wonderful goal to lead RSL to a 5-2 victory at home.
From producing the fifth-fastest goal in MLS history with an assist inside 45 seconds to a couple of gorgeous set-piece deliveries to dancing for his son in celebration of his goal, Saturday was the perfect way to bounce back from devastating news for Luna.
With all that, it almost seems like a tidbit to add that he also produced the best goal of Matchday 24 to kick off his historic week on Wednesday (before being left off the Olympic roster).
Nonetheless, I could not end this section any better than Max Bretos announced Luna’s goal on Saturday, so I’ll leave it to him:
What a call by @MaxBretosSports:
“Stamp this man’s passport – for crying out loud! He’s going to ride to Paris if he has to! To have that kind of response when he got that kind of news tells you everything you need to know about that young man.” https://t.co/qrclsVsdEt
— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) July 7, 2024
Favian Renkel: Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy)
The Galaxy scored three goals this week, and Gabriel Pec scored all three of them.
Talk about a transfer paying off in its entirety ever so quickly. Gabriel Pec is simply becoming one of the best MLS players right in front of our eyes.
The…
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Publish date : 2024-07-09 15:00:00
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