MVP Race Highlights: Suarez, Messi, and Dark Horse Picks

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00:00the MVP race just speaking up Suarez is a candidate Messi of course is Christian

00:08Benteke do you have a favorite? I think that Cucho is my favorite I think

00:13that if you put in context that the team that Cucho plays in and the team that

00:18Messi plays in I think Cucho has a lot more influence in the results for that

00:22team Messi like you said wasn't there for many games I think if you count that

00:26Miami has five of the top 22 under 22 players there's so many factors for

00:32Miami to be doing well whereas I don't want to say that you know Cucho carries

00:36the whole team but I think his influence in the team and his influence during the

00:40games is a little bit bigger so my pick is for Cucho to get it yeah I think the

00:44definition of MVP when you talk about American sports you're talking about the

00:48player that if you take that player out of the team your team is not going to be

00:54the same and I think going back to my comment on Luis Suarez I think even

00:59without Messi Suarez has been able to keep this team together

01:03Denis Buanga an obvious candidate what a player what a player that has carried

01:07LAFC you know change the style of play we used to know for us that we've been

01:12watching the team since the inception we are used to this to this style of game

01:16where they retain the ball with a player like Carlos Vela distributing balls now

01:20we have another iteration of the team building up now that they're trying to

01:25find you ruin the center with those crosses that we were not playing we had

01:28like a non possession direct attack type of play I think that one has been

01:34essential to all of the success of LAFC this season as well and I'll give you

01:38guys my dark horse pick oh that will be Evander yeah from the Portland Timbers

01:43he scored the most beautiful goals from long distance this year and obviously

01:48he's the guy that moves the string a little inconsistent at times but I think

01:51he's had a wonderful season Portland's obviously on the verge of the playoffs

01:56they will still have to clear the wildcard round yeah already secured one

02:00but if they do that's a dangerous team to play