Friday, July 29, 2011

Sporting Kansas City Players Sweep Week 19 MLS Fan Awards

Sporting Kansas City forward Kei Kamara and goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen were selected by fans as the winners of the Week 19 Major League Soccer AT&T Goal of the Week and Save of the Week competition, respectively, MLS announced Friday.

Kamara (43%) defeated Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls (27%), Brek Shea of FC Dallas (28%), Week 19 Player of the Week Sanna Nyassi of the defending champion Colorado Rapids (7%) and Eddie Gaven of the Columbus Crew (5%) in this week's voting.

Nielsen's margin of victory over newcomer Frank Rost of the Red Bulls was larger than Kamara's margin -- 58.56% to 19.11%,

Tally Hall of the Houston Dynamo was third at 14.13%, followed by Stefan Frei of Toronto FC (6.26) and Jon Busch of the San Jose Earthquakes (1.94).

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