{"id":197187,"date":"2026-04-14T18:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197187\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:57:40","slug":"3-0-statement-win-powers-anderson-to-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/197187\/","title":{"rendered":"3-0 Statement Win Powers Anderson to Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 14, 2026 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynfootballclub.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn FC<\/a> forward Markus Anderson has been named USL Championship Player of the Week presented by Konami eFootball for Week 6 after a statement performance in Brooklyn\u2019s 3-0 win over Charleston Battery at Maimonides Park.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson pulled the strings all match long, finishing with a goal and two assists as Brooklyn ran rampant in attack. He set the tone early, helping create the opener before springing a fast break that led to Stefan Stojanovic doubling the lead. In the second half, Anderson got on the scoresheet himself, finding space in the box and converting to cap off a dominant showing.<\/p>\n<p>The forward was a constant problem for Charleston\u2019s backline, creating chances, drawing four fouls, and battling throughout with nine duels won.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Behind him, goalkeeper Jackson Lee secured the clean sheet and earned a place on the Team of the Week bench. Lee came up with four saves on the night, including multiple key stops to shut the door as Charleston pushed for a way back into the match.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-0 result marked one of Brooklyn\u2019s most complete performances of the season, with attacking quality and defensive control on full display from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn FC returns home on Tuesday, April 21, as they host Sacramento Republic FC at Maimonides Park. Kickoff is set for 7:00 PM ET. Tickets are available now via <a href=\"https:\/\/seatgeek.com\/brooklyn-fc-mens-soccer-tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SeatGeek<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 14, 2026 \u2013 Brooklyn FC forward Markus Anderson has been named USL Championship Player of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-197187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}