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After getting snubbed from an MLS MVP finalist vote, Montreal Impact’s Ignacio Piatti was named to the MLS best XI on Monday morning.
Here they are. The 2016 MLS #BestXI! pic.twitter.com/4TMhZwZkRa
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 5, 2016
MLS best XI is given to the league’s top players at each position. For the 2016 season the list consists of Blake; Hedges, Sjoberg, Van Damme; Diaz, Dos Santos, Kljestan, Piatti; Giovinco, Villa, and Wright-Phillips.
There were almost too many highlights to choose from.
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 5, 2016
Here’s the #BestXI in action. https://t.co/6Wmdyx5Sv3
Piatti finished third in the MLS with a career-best 17 goals in 32 games this season, eight more goals than the 2015 season. The Argentine powerhouse had four goals and two assists in the MLS playoffs.