Real Salt Lake forward Robbie Findley was
voted Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 32 of the 2009 season.
Findley scored two goals in his club's 3-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids,
which put RSL into the playoffs for the second straight year.
Findley set a career high this season with 12 goals, which surpasses his 2007
total of eight goals in his rookie season.
Real Salt Lake finished the regular season 11-12-7 with 40 points and will
face the Columbus Crew in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs.
Findley provided a spark in the 15th minute when he headed a Fabian Espindola
cross into the upper right corner of the net from close range. He then added a
second goal in the 33rd minute after taking down an Andy Williams cross and
chipping the ball over Rapids goalkeeper Preston Burpo before sending it into
an open net to extend the lead. A late goal by Yura Movsisyan sealed the
victory.
The Major League Soccer Player of the Week is selected each week of the MLS
regular season by a panel of journalists from The North American Soccer
Reporters (NASR). The group consists of members of print, television, radio
and online media.
2009 MLS Player of the Week winners:
Week 1: Fredy Montero (Seattle Sounders FC)
Week 2: Kasey Keller (Seattle Sounders FC)
Week 3: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids)
Week 4: Donovan Ricketts (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Week 5: Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)
Week 6: Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake)
Week 7: Jaime Moreno (D.C. United)
Week 8: Macoumba Kandji (New York Red Bulls)
Week 9: Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)
Week 10: Amado Guevara (Toronto FC)
Week 11: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids)
Week 12: Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
Week 13: Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Columbus Crew)
Week 14: Omar Cummings (Colorado Rapids)
Week 15: Nate Jaqua (Seattle Sounders FC)
Week 16: Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
Week 17: Chad Barrett (Toronto FC)
Week 18: Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Chicago Fire)
Week 19: Yura Movsisyan (Real Salt Lake)
Week 20: Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
Week 21: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids)
Week 22: Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
Week 23: Kheli Dube (New England Revolution)
Week 24: Pablo Campos (Real Salt Lake)
Week 25: Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)
Week 26: Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
Week 27: Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
Week 28: Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution)
Week 29: Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Week 30: Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
Week 31: Freddie Ljungberg (Seattle Sounders FC)
Week 32: Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake)
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