In a crucial matchup at Subaru Park against Toronto FC that could have decided the Philadelphia Union’s quest to win the club’s first-ever trophy, Sergio Santos came up clutch. Notching the team’s first hat trick since C.J. Sapong back in 2017, the Brazilian forward was named the MLS Player of the Week.
Santos, who scored three goals in 69 minutes in a 5-0 victory over their neighbors to the North, won 51.66 percent of the vote among competitors such as Sporting Kansas City’s Alan Pulido (leading vote-getter among the fans at 48.