Obafemi Martins has shown a tendency to score memorable, high-quality goals since his arrival in Major League Soccer, and he added to that reputation at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday night.
After the Seattle Sounders had weathered a storm of first-half pressure from the Colorado Rapids, their Nigerian star iced his team's 3-1 victory with a 73rd-minute strike out of seemingly nothing.
Racing on to a long pass from teammate Andy Rose, Martins split Rapids defenders Bobby Burling and Drew Moor with a deft spin move on his exquisite first touch, then coolly stroked a left-footed finish past goalkeeper Clint Irwin.
There wasn't another Sounder in support of Oba for miles, but it didn't matter: 3-1 to the visitors and a fourth goal in five games for the Designated Player.
Martins has already won one AT&T MLS Goal of the Week award this season, and led the league in GOTW honors with five in 2014. And he might just be in the running yet again this time around.
