Atlanta United Midfielder Ezequiel Barco Voted MLS Player of the Week

Atlanta United Midfielder Ezequiel Barco Voted MLS Player of the Week
NEW YORK
(Monday, May 6, 2019)
– Atlanta United midfielder Ezequiel Barco was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for the 10
^th
week of the 2019 MLS season.  
Atlanta defeated Sporting Kansas City 3-0 at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday behind a goal and an assist from Barco. The Argentine is tied for 11
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in the league with four goals scored this season to go along with one assist. Atlanta is tied for ninth in the Eastern Conference with 11 points (3-3-2 overall record).
With Atlanta taking a one-goal lead into the second half, an opportunistic Barco added an insurance goal in the 42
^nd
minute to push the advantage to 2-0. SKC gave the ball away just outside the top of the box, where Barco ripped a shot from long distance into the bottom left corner of the goal (
watch goal
).
The 20-year-old then assisted on Josef Martínez’s 76
^th
minute goal, finding the forward at the top of the box for the Venezuelan’s second goal of the game to give Atlanta a decisive 3-0 lead (
watch assist
). Barco will next join Argentina for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.
Atlanta United returns to action on Wednesday when hosting Toronto FC (7 p.m. ET, TSN 4/5 / ESPN+), before Sunday’s match against Orlando City SC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium (2:30 p.m. ET, FOX / FOX Deportes / FOX Sports GO).  
The MLS Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season through both media and fan voting in a process conducted by MLS Communications. A panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) comprises 75 percent of the vote, while a Twitter fan vote represents the remaining 25 percent of voting. NASR consists of members of print, television, radio and online media.