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By Favian Renkel and Justin Ruderman
Welcome back to Week No. 11 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.
This week saw multiple goal-less draws, several hat tricks scored, and many more can’t miss moments. Here’s what caught our eye:
Player of the Week
Justin Ruderman: Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
I’m starting to wonder if there will ever be an edition of Justin and Favian’s Weekly MLS Awards which Lionel Messi is not included. Probably not.
Nonetheless, this week he earned every bit of it.
For the first time in MLS history, a player assisted five goals in a single match. Just because he’s Messsi, he scored a goal as well. “Oh, and he did it in just one half.”
Inter Miami is one third of the way through the MLS season and the MVP race may already be over. The only guy who might be able to catch him is the man Messi assisted for a hat trick but he’d probably need the Argentinian’s help to do so which presents quite a conundrum. I’d put my money on the world champion.
Favian Renkel: Luis Suarez (Inter Miami)
Imagine this: You score a hat trick with some beautiful goals in under 20 minutes, plus an assist, totaling four impactful goal contributions. You’d think you’d easily clinch Player of the Matchday, right? Wrong. Not when you’re teammates with Lionel Messi. There he is, outshining you with five assists and a goal, making six historic goal contributions. This is the routine for Luis Suarez at Inter Miami, where even his first hat trick for the team is overshadowed by Messi’s historic performance. Having to constantly take the backseat to all the fanfare must get tiring, but not for Suarez.
The Uruguayan happily plays the role of the sidekick as Messi takes center stage week in and week out. It’s a good thing Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi are best friends, because there…
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Author : Favian Renkel
Publish date : 2024-05-07 16:23:25
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