If how many minutes you play matters less than what you do with those minutes, Seattle Sounders midfielder Marco Pappa was example No. 1 over the weekend, coming off the bench to score both goals in the Seattle Sounders' 2-0, Supporters' Shield-clinching win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday.
In addition to helping his team pick up some hardware, Pappa will take home some individual hardware as well, voted as Week 33's Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters. Pappa edged New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, who scored twice to tie the MLS single-season goalscoring record and give New York a home playoff game.
The Player of the Week award is the fourth for a Sounders player in 2014.
2014 MLS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
- Week 33: Marco Pappa (Seattle Sounders)
- Week 32: Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution)
- Week 31: Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers)
- Week 30: Sebastian Fernandez (Vancouver Whitecaps)
- Week 29: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
- Week 28: Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls)
- Week 27: Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
- Week 26: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
- Week 25: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
- Week 24: Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders)
- Week 23: Tesho Akindele (FC Dallas)
- Week 22: Chris Schuler (Real Salt Lake)
- Week 21: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy)
- Week 20: Yannick Djalo (San Jose Earthquakes)
- Week 19: Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City)
- Week 18: Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls)
- Week 17: Erick Torres (Chivas USA)
- Week 16: Jack McInerney (Montreal Impact)
- Week 15: Luis Silva (D.C. United)
- Week 14: Fanendo Adi (Portland Timbers)
- Week 13: Deshorn Brown (Colorado Rapids)
- Week 12: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
- Week 11: Federico Higuaín (Columbus Crew)
- Week 10: Harry Shipp (Chicago Fire)
- Week 9: Joao Plata (Real Salt Lake)
- Week 8: Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls)
- Week 7: Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
- Week 6: Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders)
- Week 5: Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders)
- Week 4: Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
- Week 3: Bernardo Añor (Columbus Crew)
- Week 2: Jermain Defoe (Toronto FC)
- Week 1: Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
