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David Villa Named to MLS Team of the Week

New York City FC’s captain David Villa has been selected to MLSSoccer.com’s Team of the Week (week 30).

David Villa struck for a brace on Friday’s match against the Houston Dynamo to lift NYCFC to a 2-0 win. In the 52nd minute, Villa played a short corner kick to Pirlo, who quickly passed to Villa who scored from an extreme angle. In the first minute of second half stoppage time, Villa took a pass from Tony Taylor and blasted the ball into the net to seal NYCFC’s 2-0 win.

This is the 8th time this season that Villa has been named to MLS Team of the Week.