Monday, August 3, 2009

Cunningham Leads List Of MLS Goal Of The Week Selections

FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham, who became the ninth player in Major League Soccer history to score four goals in a single game and was named Monday the second unanimous selection by the North American Soccer Reporters for MLS Player of the Week since the group took over the voting process last year, is one of six players on the ballot for MLS/Sierra Mist Goal of the Week, voted by fans at www.mlsnet.com.

Cunningham gets nominated for a 66th minute penalty goal in Saturday's 6-0 rout of the Kansas City Wizards at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX.

Here are the other nominees on the ballot for Week 20 of the 2009 season:

Chad Marshall, Columbus Crew
Scored lone goal of game in 39th minute off Robbie Rogers as Crew beat the Colorado Rapids, 1-0, Saturday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Fred, DC United
Scored goal in 74th minute off Jaime Moreno in a 4-3 loss Saturday against the Houston Dynamo at Robertson Stadium

Brian Ching, Houston Dynamo
Scored second goal of night in 39th minute off Mike Chabala, a minute after Dominic Oduro and Stuart Holden teamed to assist on 38th minute goal in 4-3 win over DC United Saturday at Robertson Stadium

Patrick Nyarko, Chicago Fire
Scored game's lone goal in 76th minute off Tim Ward and Mike Banner in 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake at Toyota Field Saturday

Dwayne De Rosario, Toronto FC
Scored lone goal for team unassisted in the 34th minute of a 1-1 draw versus the New England Revolution Saturday at Gillette Stadium

Voting takes place until 2 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

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