a consistent attacking presence from the back and, although he didn't finish his longest run, he helped set up Sebastian Lletget's goal in Columbus.

M: Scott Caldwell (New England Revolution) - Helped link play, placed his passes well and utterly frustrated Harry Shipp by shadowing him tenaciously wherever he roamed in the attacking half.

M: Tony Tchani (Columbus Crew SC) - Was his confident self in midfield and made one of the decisive passes, even though it was deflected, that led to tying goal against LA.

M: Diego Fagundez (New England Revolution) - A golazo, an MLS record and paced his team's slump-breaking win. Yeah, that'd be the best day for a lot of careers.

F: David Villa (New York City FC) - Great movement for his goal and his assist; whenhe plays 90 minutes at home, he has three goals, three assists, and NYCFC are 2-0-2.

F: Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders) - The best player on the field after coming on in the 61st minute, scoring and assisting as the Sounders pulled away from FC Dallas.

F: Lamar Neagle (Seattle Sounders) - After all the controversy around last week's goal that was waved off, Neagle came through with a key goal early in the second half after Seattle had been outplayed in the first.

Coach: Sigi Schmid (Seattle Sounders) - He may have been spoiled for choice, but his substitutions - Brad Evans at halftime, Martins 15 minutes later - swung the game to Seattle.

Bench: GK Bobby Shuttleworth (New England Revolution), D Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), D Luke Boden (Orlando City),