Save of the Week

Kalif Alhassan makes it a clean sweep in Week 28 by winning Save of the Week by a landslide

Kalif Alhassan scores against RSL

Make it a rare double for Kalif Alfhassan.


On the same day that he was voted the winner of Week 28's AT&T Goal of the Week, Alhassan also claimed the Save of the Week honors with an impressive 83.77 percent of the week's vote for his headed clearance of a Darel Russell shot in the first half of the Portland Timbers' 4-0 win against Toronto FC.


Russel put a shot on frame, but Alhassan nodded it away before it could get to goal to keep the game scoreless and open the door for his impressive winning strike.


Alhassan is now the first player to win both the Goal of the Week and Save of the Week awards this season.


Final Votes - Week 28 (online poll and text vote):


1. Kalif Alhassan (POR): 83.77%
2. Sean Johnson (CHI): 7.03%
3. Luis Robles (NY): 5.23%
4. Bill Hamid (DC): 3.3%
5. Dan Kennedy (CHV): 0.67%


See the complete list of 2013 Save of the Week winners