Charlie Davies joins the leaders
- by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Jun 27, 2011
[MLS GOLEADORES] D.C. United's Charlie Davies scored his eighth goal of the season to join Landon Donovan and Thierry
Henry atop the leading scorers' list. Columbus' "El Condor" moved up the ranks with a pair of goals. For the latest on the Golden Boot race and video of Week 15 goal of the week nominees
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* Charlie Davies' scored from close-range after a goalmouth scramble in D.C. United's 2-2 tie with Houston, giving him eight goals for the season.
* The
Columbus Crew's Peruvian striker Andres Mendoza scored twice in the Crew's 4-1 win over Colorado to give him seven goals. Colorado's Conor Casey scored his fourth of
the season before getting red-carded for sliding and colliding into Crew keeper Will Hesmer. The 33-year-old Mendoza, nicknamed "El Condor," joined the Crew in the middle of last season from
Diyarbakirspor of the Turkish First Division.
* Week 15's 12 games included three 0-0 ties, making it 18 scoreless stalemates so far this season.
* But goalscoring was up last
week, thanks to high-scoring games in Columbus, Philadelphia (3-2 over Chivas USA), Dallas (4-0 over Portland), Real Salt Lake (3-1 over Toronto) and Seattle (4-2 over New York).
* The
week's goals-per game average was 3.08 and upped the season's average to 2.42. The 2010 season ended with an all-time low 2.46 goals per game.
* MLS Leading
Scorers
| Player | Team | Goals | Assists |
| Thierry Henry | New York | 8 | 4 |
| Landon Donovan | Los Angeles | 8 | 1 |
| Charlie Davies | D.C.
United | 8 | 1 |
| Andres Mendoza | Columbus | 7 | 1 |
| Brek Shea | FC Dallas | 7 | 1 |
| Chris Wondolowski | San Jose | 6 | 2 |
| Maicon Santos | Toronto FC | 6 | 1 |
| Eric Hassli | Vancouver | 6 | 0 |
| Luke Rodgers | New York | 5 | 3 |
| Danny Mwanga | Philadelphia | 5 | 2 |
| Camilo | Vancouver | 5 | 1 |
| Marco Pappa | Chicago | 5 | 1 |
| Chris Pontius | D.C. United | 5 | 1 |
| Jack Jewsbury | Portland | 4 | 6 |
| Chad Barrett | Los Angeles | 4 | 3 |
| Steven Lenhart | San Jose | 4 | 2 |
| Dominic Oduro | Chicago | 4 | 2 |
| Justin Braun | Chivas USA | 4 | 1 |
| Will Bruin | Houston | 4 | 1 |
| Conor Casey | Colorado | 4 | 1 |
| Fabian Espindola | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 1 |
| Brad
Evans | Seattle | 4 | 1 |
| Alan Gordon | Toronto | 4 | 1 |
| Shalrie Joseph | New England | 4 | 1 |
| Cam Weaver | Houston | 4 | 1 |
| Diego Chaves | Chicago | 4 | 0 |
| Alvaro Fernandez | Seattle | 4 | 0 |
| Simon Dawkins | San Jose | 4 | 0 |
| Emilio Renteria | Columbus | 4 | 0 |
| Carlos Ruiz | Philadelphia | 4 | 0 |
MLS
Goal of the Week Nominees: Week 15
