Dynamo's Davis Wins MLS Player of the Week, Goal of the Week

It must be great to be a member of the defending MLS Cup Champion Houston Dynamo right about now --especially if your name is Brad Davis.

Davis, this week, was named the league's player of the week because of his three goal performance last Thursday against Chivas USA at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. It was Davis's first career hat-trick. The men in orange blew away Los Goats by a score of 4-0 in front of a crowd of 14,000.

Davis recorded goals in the 50th, 70th, and 75th minutes. The first goal of the game, however, was courtesy of Brian Mullan in the 6th.

In the 50th, Wade Barrett found Davis making a run from the left flank angling just inside the 18. The Chivas defense was beat, and Davis snapped a shot upper left 90 of Brad Guzan.

Twenty minutes later it was Davis again --this time fed by Joseph Ngwenya via Stuart Holden. Davis put a great shot to Guzan's lower left 90.

Five minutes later Davis converted on a penalty that was drawn by Mullan after he was tripped up by Jason Hernandez. He struck a great ball right down the middle. It tickled the cross bar and broke the net to make the hat-trick complete.

After the game, Davis said he's happy to contribute any way he can --especially with the absence of four key players.

"With the guys gone, we needed someone to step up," Davis said. "Joseph [Ngwenya] has come in and done a great job. I'm very happy to be able to contribute to the team as well -whether it's serving the ball in or whatever. I've wanted to score some goals, and tonight that happened."