Fabián Castillo broke a record this weekend. Now, he's claiming an award.
The North American Soccer Reporters voted Castillo the MLS Player of the Week for his two-goal performance in FC Dallas' 3-2 home win against Toronto FC. The Week 7 performance saw Castillo score the fastest goal in club history, which took all of 29 seconds to set the tone for a crucial bounce-back win for Dallas.
The Colombian winger, who garned 45 percent of the week's vote, continued the impressive start by doubling the lead at Toyota Stadium minutes later. Castillo netted his third of the season in the 10th minute, taking a touch inside of Nick Hagglund before bending a wicked shot past Joe Bendik.
As eventful as the game began, it was slowed by a rain delay of more than three hours. The game was resumed, however, and FC Dallas did enough to hold off Toronto's late push en route to picking up the three points.
The MLS Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season by a panel of journalists from NASR. The group consists of members of print, television, radio and online media.
