Fire rookie goalkeeper Sean Johnson has won his third NAPA Save of the Week award this season, thanks to a lunging dive that kept Houston’s Brian Mullan out during the Dynamo’s wild 4-3 win over Chicago. Johnson – who took over between the posts in Chicago less than a month ago – can now add Matchday 21 to his growing list of SOTW awards that also include Weeks 18 and 19.
Johnson earned roughly 70 percent of the vote this time around, comfortably topping an impressive stop from San Jose veteran Jon Busch on a Landon Donovan volley during the Quakes’ 1-0 win over the Galaxy. Busch received nearly 20 percent of the vote, and Toronto’s Stefan Frei, FC Dallas’ Kevin Hartman and Chivas USA’s Zach Thornton rounded out the field.
1. Sean Johnson, 70.11%
2. Jon Busch, 19.56%
3. Stefan Frei, 4.8%
4. Kevin Hartman, 3.8%
5. Zach Thornton, 1.73%
NAPA Save of the Week Winners
Week 20: Nick Rimando, Real Salt Lake
Week 19: Sean Johnson, Chicago Fire
Week 18: Sean Johnson, Chicago Fire
Week 17: Kasey Keller, Seattle Sounders FC
Week 16: Jimmy Nielsen, Kansas City Wizards
Week 15: Stefan Frei, Toronto FC
Week 14: Jimmy Nielsen, Kansas City Wizards
Week 13: Jimmy Nielsen, Kansas City Wizards
Week 12: Nick Rimando, Real Salt Lake
Week 11: Chris Seitz, Philadelphia Union
Week 10: Donovan Ricketts, LA Galaxy
Week 9: Jimmy Nielsen, Kansas City Wizards
Week 8: Gino Padula, Columbus Crew
Week 7: Kevin Hartman, FC Dallas
Week 6: Joe Cannon, San Jose Earthquakes
Week 5: Andrew Dykstra, Chicago Fire
