{"id":3966,"date":"2012-05-30T22:53:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T02:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2012-06-01T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T21:36:41","slug":"vote-for-c-j-sapong-to-win-mls-goal-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"Vote for C.J. Sapong to Win MLS Goal of the Week &#8211; (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"cff4b34oi\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/p.mlssoccer.com\/SAu5a\/video\/1001455\/goal_of_the_week_2012-05-28-124855.640hq.mp4\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nJMU&#8217;s own C.J. Sapong was in the midst of a 7 game scoring drought for Sporting KC heading into last weekend&#8217;s clash with San Jose. He broke out of the slump in spectacular fashion with a well timed run and strike to give his team a 1-0 lead. Sporting KC hung on to win the match 2-1. Sapong&#8217;s outstanding finish has been nominated for MLS Goal of the Week. The winner will be determined by a fan vote. That means all you soccer fans can rid yourself of the USMNT hangover and focus on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/article\/2012\/05\/28\/vote-att-goal-week-week-12#\">stuffing the online ballot box here<\/a>. \u00a0Voting runs until 11:59 PM PST on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update: Sapong&#8217;s goal captured received more than twice the number of votes as the nearest runner-up and was officially declared MLS Goal of the Week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3966&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU&#8217;s own C.J. Sapong was in the midst of a 7 game scoring drought for Sporting KC heading into last weekend&#8217;s clash with San Jose. He broke out of the slump in spectacular fashion with a well timed run and strike to give his team a 1-0 lead. Sporting KC hung on to win the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[135,294,159],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3717,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3717","url_meta":{"origin":3966,"position":0},"title":"C.J. Sapong Nets Late Winner Against DC United","date":"March 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU alum C.J. Sapong started off the 2012 MLS season with a bang last weekend. 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