United's Pontius claims MLS Player of Week

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06/14/2010 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - D.C. United attacker Chris Pontius was voted Major League Soccer's Player of the Week for Week 12 of the 2010 MLS season.

Pontius was originally credited with a hat trick in his team's 3-2 win at Seattle Sounders FC this past Thursday, but after further review, the league credited the last goal to Adam Cristman. So Pontius officially had two goals and an assist in the game.

"When you have 36,000 people rooting against you, I would say it's a tough place to play with confidence and remain calm and even talk on the field," Pontius said after the game. "These were three huge points for us with going on the World Cup break. We knew we needed these three points. It's a boost of momentum for our team."

Pontius was a unanimous pick this week, with only four games being played prior to the FIFA World Cup. MLS takes a two-week break, resuming on June 25.

The Major League Soccer Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season by a panel of journalists from The North American Soccer Reporters (soccerreporters.com). The group consists of members of online, print, television, and radio media.

2010 MLS Player of the Week winners:

Week 1: Javier Morales (Real Salt Lake)

Week 2: Kenny Mansally (New England Revolution)

Week 3: Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia Union)

Week 4: Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Week 5: Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)

Week 6: Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Week 7: Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Week 8: Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)

Week 9: Emilio Renteria (Columbus Crew)

Week 10: Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)

Week 11: Brek Shea (FC Dallas)

Week 12: Chris Pontius (D.C. United)

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