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Brenner Voted MLS Player of the Week Presented by Continental Tire for Week 34

October 10, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Cincinnati News Release


CINCINNATI - FC Cincinnati forward Brenner was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week presented by Continental Tire for the 34th week of the 2022 MLS season.

Brenner scored a hat trick and added one assist as part of FC Cincinnati's 5-2 win over D.C. United on Decision Day Sunday, which secured the Orange and Blue's first berth in the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs (Watch Highlights from His Performance Here).

Brenner became the sixth different player in MLS history to score at least three hat tricks in a single season and the first since Josef Martínez in 2018. It marked his second game this season with at least three goals and one assist, becoming the first player to do so twice in a single season since Landon Donovan for the LA Galaxy in 2007. The Brazilian forward has nine goals in his last five matches, which is tied for the most in a five-game span in a single season in MLS history.

Brenner finished the season with 18 goals, which was tied for the fourth most in MLS alongside his teammate Brandon Vazquez and two others. Cincinnati became the first club in MLS history to have two players score at least 18 goals in the same season and their 36 combined was tied for the most by a teammate duo in 2022 (Philadelphia Union's Julián Carranza and Dániel Gazdag). Since the start of September, Brenner's nine goals were the most in MLS and two more than the next closest player.

Brenner joins Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar as the only players to win MLS Player of the Week presented by Continental Tire three different times in 2022. Brenner remains the only player in club history to win the award, after he earned the recognition for his performances in Weeks 17 and 30.

The MLS Player of the Week presented by Continental Tire is selected each week of the regular season through both media and fan voting in a process conducted by MLS Communications. A panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) comprises 75 percent of the vote, while a Twitter fan vote represents the remaining 25 percent of voting. NASR consists of members of print, television, radio, and online media.

FC Cincinnati will compete in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in club history, with the Orange and Blue set to take on the New York Red Bulls Saturday, Oct. 15. Kick off for Round One is set for noon ET at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. The matchup will broadcast locally on Star64, nationally on Univision (Spanish audio) and on MLSSoccer.com/MLS App (English audio).

For more information on the Orange and Blue's first appearance in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, visit FC Cincinnati Playoff Central presented by Mercy Health.

2023 Season Tickets are on sale now at fccincinnati.com/tickets. Fans looking for more information can contact a dedicated FC Cincinnati representative at (513) 977-5435 or e-mail tickets@fccincinnati.com.

FC Cincinnati are playing their fourth season of MLS competition in 2022, and their second playing at TQL Stadium. For up-to-the-minute information about FC Cincinnati, visit the team's official website at fccincinnati.com, or follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @FCCincinnati. Additionally, fans are encouraged to download the team's official mobile app on the Apple App Store or Google Play for instant access to mobile tickets, team content and match notifications.

2022 MLS Player of the Week presented by Continental Tire Winners

Week Player Club

Week 1 Carlos Vela LAFC

Week 2 Lewis Morgan New York Red Bulls

Week 3 Dayne St. Clair Minnesota United FC

Week 4 Jesús Ferreira FC Dallas

Week 5 Javier "Chicharito" Hernández LA Galaxy

Week 6 Leonardo Campana Inter Miami CF

Week 7 Valentín "Taty" Castellanos New York City FC

Week 8 Cristian Espinoza San Jose Earthquakes

Week 9 Kamal Miller CF Montréal

Week 10 Ronaldo Cisneros Atlanta United FC

Week 11 Sebastián Blanco Portland Timbers

Week 12 Jamiro Monteiro San Jose Earthquakes

Week 13 Sebastián Ferreira Houston Dynamo FC

Week 14 Dejan Joveljić LA Galaxy

Week 15 Luquinhas New York Red Bulls

Week 16 Han Mukhtar Nashville SC

Week 17 Brenner FC Cincinnati

Week 18 Taxiarchis "Taxi" Fountas D.C. United

Week 19 Julián Carranza Philadelphia Union

Week 20 Jhon Durán Chicago Fire FC

Week 21 Emanuel Reynoso Minnesota United FC

Week 22 Michael Bradley Toronto FC

Week 23 Gonzalo Higuaín Inter Miami CF

Week 24 Gyasi Zardes Colorado Rapids

Week 25 Alejandro Pozuelo Inter Miami CF

Week 26 Julián Carranza Philadelphia Union

Week 27 Dániel Gazdag Philadelphia Union

Week 28 Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC

Week 29 Hany Mukhtar Nashville SC

Week 30 Brenner FC Cincinnati

Week 31 Moussa Djitté Austin FC

Week 32 Karol Świderski Charlotte FC

Week 33 Daniel Ríos Charlotte FC

Week 34 Brenner FC Cincinnati

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