Week 2 of the 2015 Major League Soccer season is in the books. If you watched all the non-action of Week 1 and stuck around for the second weekend, you were handsomely rewarded.
Week 1: 16 goals in 10 games. Week 2: 25 goals in 8 games.
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The massive upswing in goals and free-flowing play made picking the midfielders and forwards for this week’s Team of the Week significantly more difficult — and enjoyable.
Thoughts? Questions? Agreements? Disagreements? (Of course not.) Leave them in the comments section, as always. I’m not afraid to defend my picks.
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Week 1 — MLS Team of the Week
Goalkeeper: Bobby Shuttleworth (New England Revolution)
Defenders: Kendall Waston (Vancouver Whitecaps), Michael Parkhurst (Columbus Crew SC), Zach Loyd (FC Dallas)
Midfielders: Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake)
Forwards: David Villa (NYCFC), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Blas Perez (FC Dallas)