Martins Picked for MLS Best XI
Former Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins, was on Tuesday named in the 2014 American Major League Soccer (MLS) Best XI.
The Seattle Sounders forward ended the season as the club record goal scorer with 17 goals, as fifth top scorer in MLS and matched a club record with 13 assists.
His five multi-goal games tied for second in MLS, and his four game-winning assists tied for fourth.
Martins started 29 of his 31 appearances and accumulated 2,600 minutes. The Sounders went 12-0-0 in games in which Martins scored a goal.
Martins was joined on the list by Sounders defender Chad Marshall.
Martins was named Player of the Month for September and Player of the Week for Week 24.
The Best XI members were voted on by media, players and coaches and general managers.
Meanwhile, David Beckham has been warned by MLS Commissioner, Don Garber, there needs to be signs of progress with his Miami-based franchise.
Former England captain Beckham, 39, had two plans for a 25,000-seat stadium in central Miami rejected last summer.<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27789114>
MLS will consider a report from the league's expansion committee this weekend and Garber indicated some decisions would be made early in 2015.
"This can't go on forever," Garber said of the delays with Beckham's franchise.
Ex-Manchester United midfielder Beckham, who hinted in the summer he may come out of retirement<http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27676831> to play for his un-named franchise, has been urged to ground share with an American football<http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29726332> team.
Garber said the league is not performing as hoped financially and its franchises are combining to lose more than £64m ($100 million) annually.
He added that a Miami-based side remains an objective for MLS if the ground issue can be solved.
"The Beckham group continues to work to try and find a stadium solution that they believe will put them in a position to succeed," Garber said.
The league will grow to 20 teams in 2015 with the addition of New York City FC and Orlando City FC followed by Atlanta and a second LA-based team in 2017.
MLS Best XI
Goalkeeper: Bill Hamid (D.C. United).
Defenders: Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders), Bobby Boswell (D.C. United), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy).
Midfielders: Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls).
Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls), Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders).
The Seattle Sounders forward ended the season as the club record goal scorer with 17 goals, as fifth top scorer in MLS and matched a club record with 13 assists.
His five multi-goal games tied for second in MLS, and his four game-winning assists tied for fourth.
Martins started 29 of his 31 appearances and accumulated 2,600 minutes. The Sounders went 12-0-0 in games in which Martins scored a goal.
Martins was joined on the list by Sounders defender Chad Marshall.
Martins was named Player of the Month for September and Player of the Week for Week 24.
The Best XI members were voted on by media, players and coaches and general managers.
Meanwhile, David Beckham has been warned by MLS Commissioner, Don Garber, there needs to be signs of progress with his Miami-based franchise.
Former England captain Beckham, 39, had two plans for a 25,000-seat stadium in central Miami rejected last summer.<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27789114>
MLS will consider a report from the league's expansion committee this weekend and Garber indicated some decisions would be made early in 2015.
"This can't go on forever," Garber said of the delays with Beckham's franchise.
Ex-Manchester United midfielder Beckham, who hinted in the summer he may come out of retirement<http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27676831> to play for his un-named franchise, has been urged to ground share with an American football<http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29726332> team.
Garber said the league is not performing as hoped financially and its franchises are combining to lose more than £64m ($100 million) annually.
He added that a Miami-based side remains an objective for MLS if the ground issue can be solved.
"The Beckham group continues to work to try and find a stadium solution that they believe will put them in a position to succeed," Garber said.
The league will grow to 20 teams in 2015 with the addition of New York City FC and Orlando City FC followed by Atlanta and a second LA-based team in 2017.
MLS Best XI
Goalkeeper: Bill Hamid (D.C. United).
Defenders: Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders), Bobby Boswell (D.C. United), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy).
Midfielders: Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers), Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls).
Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls), Obafemi Martins (Seattle Sounders).
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