June 19, 2006

NEW YORK - Former Wake Forest All-American Scott Sealy, Kansas City's second-year striker, showcased his talents in the absence of his Wizard teammates Eddie Johnson and Josh Wolff, as he scored two goals in a 3-2 Wizards victory over the Chicago Fire and earned MLS Player of the Week honors for Week 12 of the 2006 season.

Sealy, a Rookie of the Year finalist in 2005, was pushed down the Kansas City depth chart with Johnson's arrival from Dallas. However, with starters Johnson and Wolff in Germany playing for the United States in the FIFA World Cup this month, Sealy got another chance to shine.

He wasted little time getting started. In the 27th minute Sealy ran on to a pass by teammate Sasha Victorine, charged in on goal and slotted the ball coolly past Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton to tie the score at 1-1.

Then, in the 39th minute, Sealy doubled his tally, when he finished a cross from Wizards left back Jose Burciaga Jr. Kansas City would go on to win the game 3-2 over the visiting Fire.

This is Sealy's first MLS Player of the Week award. The promising young forward was named an alternate to Trinidad & Tobago's World Cup team this summer, narrowly missing out on making the squad in his second year as a professional.

The Major League Soccer Player of the Week is selected each week of the MLS regular season by a panel of journalists from the Professional Soccer Reporters Association (PSRA).