Henry ends drought; Wondo hits personal best
- by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Sep 17, 2012
[MLS GOLEADORES] Thierry Henry scored for the first time in over two months, striking twice in the Red Bulls' 3-1 win over Columbus to give him
13 goals this season. San Jose's Chris Wondolowksi scored his league-leading 19th goal in a 2-0 win over Chivas USA. For VIDEO of Henry's gol
olimpico and the latest on the Golden Boot race ...
* Henry hadn't hit the net since July 28. But on Saturday he finished cleanly after latching on to a long-range pass from Rafa
Marquez and scored directly off a corner kick. In between, he assisted on Dax McCarty's goal in the win over Columbus. It was Henry's ninth assist of the season and the
Frenchman is tied for fourth in scoring with 13 goals. ... Henry scored 14 goals last season.
* Wondolowski scored from the penalty spot to give him a league-leading 19 goals -- a personal
season record after winning the Golden Boot in 2010 with 18 goals and scoring 16 last season.
* MLS Leading Scorers
| Player | Team (country) | Goals | Assists |
| Chris Wondolowski | San Jose (USA) | 19 | 7 |
| Kenny Cooper | New York (USA) | 14 | 2 |
| Alvaro Saborio | Real Salt Lake (Costa Rica) | 14 | 2 |
| Thierry Henry | New York (France) | 13 | 9 |
| Eddie Johnson | Seattle (USA) | 13 | 2 |
| Robbie Keane | Los Angeles (Ireland) | 12 | 8 |
| Freddy Montero | Seattle (Colombia) | 12 | 6 |
| Alan Gordon | San Jose (USA) | 12 | 3 |
| Will Bruin | Houston (USA) | 11 | 3 |
| Chris Pontius | D.C. United (USA) | 11 | 3 |
| Saer Sene | New England (France) | 11 | 3 |
Henry scores with a corner kick -- a "gol olimpico"
Marquez's long pass sets up Henry's first goal ...
Wondo got didn't get soccer scholarship offers out of high school -- they wanted him as a middle distance runner. Now the National team won't have him because he's too slow. 19 goals and 7 assists ain't too shabby. Surely given the USMNT pathetic goal scoring record, they could at least give a proven goal poacher a chance? Sure he doesn't look like a great forward, but he's smart, and works his tail off. And oh ya, he can run all day, so he actually comes back into the midfield, and on D, and works his tail off there also. How can Hercules Gomez be the flavor of the month when he was a bust in MLS? and Wondo not get a real chance?