Jon Kempin’s excellent month of August continued on Monday when the homegrown goalkeeper was named to Bleacher Report’s Team of the Week. The 21-year-old started his first career MLS match in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Toronto FC, conjuring a Save of the Week nominee to deny Gilberto with Sporting KC up a goal in the 51st minute.
Kempin received defensive support from left back Seth Sinovic, who earned MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week recognition for the first time this season. Sinovic blanketed Toronto’s Dominic Oduro throughout the match and limited the winger to zero shots.
Sports Illustrated, meanwhile, selected forward Dom Dwyer to its Best XI after he dispatched a pair of penalty kicks to move his MLS goal tally to 16. Dwyer needs just three more goals to surpass Preki’s single season club scoring record set in 1996. The Englishman takes sole possession of second place in the Golden Boot race after notching his fifth multi-goal game -- and second against Toronto -- of the 2014 campaign.
