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New England Revolution Forward Juan Agudelo Voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Week
NEW YORK
(Tuesday, March 28, 2017)
– New England Revolution forward Juan Agudelo was voted the Alcatel MLS Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for the fourth week of the 2017 MLS season.
The 24-year-old notched a brace in New England’s 5-2 victory over Minnesota United FC at Gillette Stadium on Saturday to help the Revolution grab its first victory of the season (1-2-0, three points). The dominant performance was Agudelo’s third multi-goal game of his MLS career, while the five team goals marked the club’s highest scoring game since 2014. Dating back to last season, New England is now 5-0-0 in its last five contests in which Agudelo has scored.
Agudelo put the Revolution on the board early, scoring in the fourth minute to give New England a 1-0 advantage. Finding himself uncovered in front of goal, Agudelo perfectly headed a Chris Tierney cross into the left corner of the net past Minnesota goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth (
Watch Goal
).
The U.S. Men’s National Team player would strike again in the 40
th
minute to push New England’s lead to 4-1. Agudelo received a pass from Diego Fagundez on the left side of the field and made a run into the box, squeezing a right-footed shot through a myriad of defenders to complete his brace (
Watch Goal
).
The Revs next travel to face the Portland Timbers at Providence Park on Sunday, April 2 in a nationally televised matchup (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN Deportes).
The MLS Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season by a panel of journalists from NASR. The group consists of members of print, television, radio and online media.
