Scoring three goals in a game is pretty impressive, let’s be real. Scoring three in a game and causing an own goal in a game in which your team scores four goals is even better. And then having a second game a few days later and scoring another goal (four officially, sorta like five if we count the OG) is super awesome.
Roland Alberg is MLS Player of the Week for Week 16
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Yes, it’s a good time to be Philadelphia Union midfielder Roland Alberg, and he wins SB Nation’s MLS Player of the Week for Week 16. The 25-year-old, in his first season in MLS, hadn’t seen much action for his new side until recently, but he’s settling in, and at this pace, he’ll score approximately eleventy-thousand goals by the end of the season. OK, maybe he won’t score four every week, but Philadelphia fans will surely hope he can become a regular contributor from here on out.
Full results for Week 16, with first-place votes getting three points, second-place votes receiving two points and third-place votes earning a point each:
| Player | Points |
| Roland Alberg | 23 |
| Dom Dwyer | 9 |
| Diego Valeri | 7 |
| Marcelo Sarvas | 5 |
| Mauro Diaz | 4 |
| Jalen Robinson | 3 |
| Kevin Molino | 3 |
| Lamar Neagle | 3 |
| Ronald Matarrita | 3 |
| Sebastian Giovinco | 2 |
| Hilario Grajeda* | 2 |
| Kekuta Manneh | 2 |
| Nick Rimando | 1 |
| Micheal Azira | 1 |
*Some voter shenanigans for the week, as Alicia Tolar voted for four people with three votes, and one of her choices, Hilario Grajeda, is a referee. Pretty sure this is a protest vote in light of her Houston team getting two PKs called against them in the final minutes in Portland.
And here are the full ballots for Week 16:
| Voter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Sam Dunn (Hudson River Blue) | Marcelo Sarvas | Ronald Matarrita | Diego Valeri |
| Eugene Rupinski (Brotherly Game) | Roland Alberg | Dom Dwyer | Nick Rimando |
| Kartik Krishnaiyer (Bitter and Blue) | Dom Dwyer | Roland Alberg | Kevin Molino |
| Michael Citro (The Mane Land) | Diego Valeri | Kevin Molino | Dom Dwyer |
| Steve Toto (Once a Metro) | Roland Alberg | Sebastian Giovinco | Kekuta Manneh |
| Drew Epperley (Big D Soccer) | Roland Alberg | Mauro Diaz | Dom Dwyer |
| Dave Clark (Sounder at Heart) | Roland Alberg | Lamar Neagle | Ronald Matarrita |
| Alicia Tolar (Dynamo Theory) | Roland Alberg | Diego Valeri/Hilario Grajeda | Lamar Neagle |
| Rob Usry (Dirty South Soccer) | Jalen Robinson | Dom Dwyer | Kekuta Manneh |
| Jason Anderson (Black and Red United) | Roland Alberg | Marcelo Sarvas | Diego Valeri |
| Alicia Rodriguez (The Goat Parade) | Roland Alberg | Mauro Diaz | Micheal Azira |
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