We're smack-dab in the middle of another busy week of soccer, and there are plenty of stories making their way around the MLS community and beyond.
For one, Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri took home the Landon Donovan MLS MVP award. Right behind him, though, is 2016's winner and NYCFC captain David Villa.
After winning NYCFC's team MVP award and a spot in the MLS Best XI, this is just the latest in a long list of accolades for Villa this year.
CULTURE CORNER: Best XI Art and The 99 Club
Elsewhere, the MLS Expansion Draft looms as Los Angeles FC's 2018 MLS debut crests the horizon, and NYCFC may lose some players to the new club.