Castrol Index Weekly Top 20: Columbus Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark vaults to the top in Week 4

MLSsoccer staff

The Columbus Crew's attackers may have been getting the headlines at the start of the season, but goalkeeper Steve Clark emerged as the top player in MLS in Week 4, at least according to the Castrol Index.

Clark, one of the Crew's additions in the offseason, made five saves against the Seattle Sounders to keep his side in the game on Saturday before Justin Meram's stoppage-time strike gave Columbus the 2-1 victory. The other player from that entertaining match to make the weekly Top 20 was Seattle's Osvaldo Alonso (No. 12).

Rounding out the top of the order this week are Blas Pérez (No. 2), whose goal helped FC Dallas to a 2-1 win over the Portland Timbers, and Perry Kitchen (No. 3), who controlled the midfield for D.C. United in their 2-2 draw against the Chicago Fire. Another goalkeeper, Nick Rimando, grabbed No. 4 with a shutout over a remade Toronto FC side, and Péguy Luyindula's performance for the New York Red Bulls, capped off with the dramatic equalizer over Chivas USA, merited him the fifth position in the rankings.

Perhaps coincidentally, Sporting KC's Graham Zusi was ranked No. 10 for the second week running, following his goal-and-two-assist performance in a win over the Colorado Rapids.

See how players collect points in the Castrol methodology.

Castrol Index Week 4 Top 20 Performers


Rank	Player	Position	Team	Minutes	Opponent	Points
1	Steve Clark	Goalkeeper	Columbus Crew	90	Seattle Sounders	1,327
2	Blas Pérez	Forward	FC Dallas	65	Portland Timbers	1,312
3	Perry Kitchen	Midfielder	D.C. United	90	Chicago Fire	1,258
4	Nick Rimando	Goalkeeper	Real Salt Lake	90	Toronto FC	1,116
5	Péguy Luyindula	Forward	New York Red Bulls	90	Chivas USA	1,076
6	Eddie Johnson	Forward	D.C. United	90	Chicago Fire	1,015
7	Dan Kennedy	Goalkeeper	Chivas USA	90	New York Red Bulls	993
8	Benny Feilhaber	Midfielder	Sporting Kansas City	90	Colorado Rapids	985
9	Eric Kronberg	Goalkeeper	Sporting Kansas City	90	Colorado Rapids	981
10	Graham Zusi	Midfielder	Sporting Kansas City	90	Colorado Rapids	947
11	Lee Nguyen	Midfielder	New England Revolution	90	San Jose Earthquakes	<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-right-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-bottom-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-left-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; border-collapse: collapse; width: 35pt; " width="46"><tbody style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "><tr height="20" style="height: 15pt; "><td align="right" height="20" style="border-top-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-right-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-bottom-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-left-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-right-style: dotted; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-style: dotted; height: 15pt; width: 35pt; " width="46"> 945</td></tr></tbody></table>
12	Osvaldo Alonso	Midfielder	Seattle Sounders	90	Columbus Crew	932
13	Michael Bradley	Midfielder	Toronto FC	90	Real Salt Lake	929
14	Álvaro Saborío	Forward	Real Salt Lake	90	Toronto FC	917
15	Jordan Harvey	Defender	Vancouver Whitecaps	90	Houston Dynamo	915
16	Justin Mapp	Midfielder	Montreal Impact	90	Philadelphia Union	901
17	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	Defender	Chicago Fire	90	D.C. United	869
18	Mauro Díaz	Midfielder	FC Dallas	90	Portland Timbers	855
19	Nick LaBrocca	Midfielder	Colorado Rapids	90	Sporting Kansas City	847
20	Matt Besler	Defender	Sporting Kansas City	90	Colorado Rapids	807<br>