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Sporting KC's Johnny Russell named MLS Player of the week

The forward scored a hat-trick against Seattle Sounders, giving his team a much-needed victory and earning the player of the week award.

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Sporting KC's Johnny Russell named MLS Player of the week
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Wondolowski scored again and broke another Landon Donovan record, Carlos Vela scored again in LAFC's 4-2 win over Montreal Impact, but neither were chosen as Player of the Week.

Sporting Kansas forward Johnny Russell's hat-trick earned him the MLS POTW award for week 13, after his goals helped his side to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Sounders at Children's Mercy Park.

The Scottish player opened the scoring in the 29th minute and doubled SPK's lead before the break with a 30-yard dribble, before completing his hat-trick in the 68th minute.

Russell's hat-trick against Seattle was the second one of his MLS career and took his career tally in the league to 17 goals and 13 assists. This was the Scot's second Player of the Week award, his first coming last season. 

Player of the Week

Each week an MLS player of the week is chosen by the media and a fan voting process conducted by MLS Communications, with 75% of the vote going to North American Soccer Reporters, while a Twitter fan vote represents the remaining 25%.