Week 21 of the 2018 MLS regular season included a few rivalry games, but one team stole all the headlines apart from the derby action.
Minnesota United FC won both of their games during the week, a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Wednesday and a 5-1 thrashing of LAFC on Sunday. As a result, the Loons are well represented on the Team of the Week presented by Audi.
Audi Player Index Spotlight
For the second consecutive week, the spotlight player is Minnesota United FC forward Darwin Quintero, who had a goal and two assists in the 5-1 win over LAFC. Quintero earned the Audi Player Index Performance of the Week, picking up 1,705 points, best in the league for the week.
Quintero had a 71 percent accuracy rate in the match, three key passes and won 66 percent of his aerial duels.
Team of the Week: Darwin Quintero (MIN), Josef Martinez (ATL), Christian Ramirez (MIN), Ignacio Piatti (MTL), Jonathan Osorio (TOR), Wil Trapp (CLB), Nicolas Lodeiro (SEA), Michael Ciani (LA), Kim Kee-Hee (SEA), Rod Fanni (MTL), Bobby Shuttleworth (MIN)
Coach: Adrian Heath (MIN)
Bench:Joe Willis (HOU), Brent Kallman (MIN), Tim Parker (RBNY), Cristian Roldan (SEA), Sean Davis (RBNY), Miguel Ibarra (MIN), Romain Alessandrini (LA)
For more information about the Audi Player Index, visit mlssoccer.com/audi.
The Team of the Week presented by Audi is voted on by the MLSsoccer.com editorial staff.
