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MLS: Top 5 performances from Week 22

By Matt Coles

COMMERCE CITY, CO - AUGUST 03: Lalas Abubakar #6 and Kei Kamara #23 of the Colorado Rapids celebrates following a penalty scored by Kamara during the first half against the Montreal Impact at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on August 3, 2019 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
COMMERCE CITY, CO - AUGUST 03: Lalas Abubakar #6 and Kei Kamara #23 of the Colorado Rapids celebrates following a penalty scored by Kamara during the first half against the Montreal Impact at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on August 3, 2019 in Commerce City, Colorado. (Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images) /
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MLS, Marco Fabian
QUERETARO, MEXICO – OCTOBER 16: Marco Fabian of Mexico controls the ball during the international friendly match between Mexico and Chile at La Corregidora Stadium on October 16, 2018 in Queretaro, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images) /

2. Marco Fabian

One of the last games of the weekend saw the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia Union get back to their best, as they put D.C. United to the sword. And Mexican international Marco Fabian was the pick of the bunch for the Union, the designated player heavily involved as his Union struck five past the team from the capital on Sunday evening.

It took the midfielder less than three minutes to have an impact when he set up Alejandro Bedoya for the opening strike. In first-half stoppage time, Fabian then got on the scoresheet himself with this glorious strike of the ball from just inside the penalty area.

With twenty minutes left, and the game at 3-1, Fabian stepped up to score the knockout blow, with a lovely bit of skill inside the area, before he finished past D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid to make it four.

Fabian now has six goals on the year, with that assist being his first in MLS. If the Mexican maestro can continue to play the way he has done recently, the Union could find themselves looking at a deep playoff run come October and November.

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