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Great goals, memorable individual performances and disappointing crowd turnouts were the highlights and lowlights of Week Two of the MLS season. The Seattle Sounders continued to impress while FC Dallas continued to do the exact opposite, both on and off the field.
A fan of great goals? There were some of those? Love a good comeback and a last-minute goal? There were those as well. There was a little bit of everything for the MLS fan.
Here is a look back at what we think were the Best XI and Worst XI moments/plays/performances/scenes of the second week of the 2009 MLS Season, as well as the Week 2 MLS Team of the Week.
See if you agree with our picks. Enjoy:
Week Two Best XI
Fredy Montero's curling long-range blast.
The crowd at Qwest Field…..Again.
Kasey Keller showing that he's still got it.
Freddie Ljungberg making his Seattle debut and not getting hurt (yet).
Terry Cooke's Free Kick Goal and super sub performance.
Kenny Mansally's last-minute equalizer.
Shalrie Joseph becoming a playmaker while dominating midfield as usual.
The San Jose Earthquakes pouring in the goals after so many misses in week one.
Chivas USAgetting goals from its two new forwards, Eduardo Lillingston and Bojan Stepanovic.
Rookies(Steve Zakuani, Kevin Alston, Jeremy Hall, Sam Cronin, Stefan Frei) continuing to impress.
More than 1,500 Toronto FC fans making the trip to Columbus.
Week Two Worst XI
The attendance at the FC Dallas-Chivas USA game (6,524).
The attendance at the New York Red Bulls home opener, second-lowest in team history. (12,462)
The modest attendance at Crew Stadium(14,686) for the Crew's first home match since winning MLS Cup (ten percent of those fans were visiting from Toronto).
The teams missing players due to international duty (Toronto, Chicago, etc.)
FC Dallas still looking for its first goal from inside 60-yards out.
Houston's defense in the first half vs. San Jose.
The Red Bulls defense blowing a 90th-minute lead.
Columbus' own goal involving Gino Padula, Wil Hesmer and the crossbar.
Josh Wicks and his adventures in the D.C. goal.
Kansas City falling to 0-2 on the day Kevin Hartman breaks the league record for saves.
Some of the 1,500 traveling Toronto FC fans clashing with police and damaging Crew Stadium.
SBI MLS Team of the Week (Week 2)
—————–Cam Weaver———Fredy Montero————-
Arturo Alvarez—–Guillermo Barros Schelotto—Terry Cooke
—————–Shalrie Joseph—-Osvaldo Alonso————–
Chad Marshall———–Tyrone Marshall————-Tim Ward
——————————Kasey Keller————————–
Honorable Mentions: Joe Cannon, Jeremy Hall, Kevin Alston, Wilman Conde, Brad Evans, Logan Pause, Kenny Mansally, Bojan Stepanovic, Mac Kandji
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What were your Best XI and Worst XI moments/scenes/performances from Week Two? Who made your MLS team of the week that didn't make ours? We are open to suggestions so feel free to offer up your own candidates.
Share your thoughts below.