Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for Week 22 of the 2016 MLS season.

Giovinco registered his fourth career MLS hat trick, the second in four matches, helping the Reds collect six points and tie a club record with four straight victories. Since joining MLS, his league-leading four hat tricks rank second on the all-time hat trick list in MLS history behind John Stern, Diego Serna, Edson Buddle, Mamadou Diallo, Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones, Robbie Keane, Chris Wondolowski and Bradley Wright-Phillips who are all tied with five. This season, Giovinco has been named MLS Player of the Week twice (Weeks 20, 22) and was named to the MLS Team of the Week on five occasions (Weeks 8, 11, 20, 21, 22).

Toronto FC’s all-time list of MLS Player of the Week honours include: Sebastian Giovinco (Weeks 20, 22 – 2016 & Weeks 13, 14, 19 – 2015) Jozy Altidore (Week 1 – 2015), Jermain Defoe (Week 2 – 2014), Robert Earnshaw (Week 2 – 2013), Danny Koevermans (Week 17 – 2012 & Week 27 – 2011), Joao Plata (Week 8 – 2011), Dwayne De Rosario (Weeks 5, 10 – 2010), Amado Guevara (Week 10 – 2009) and Chad Barrett (Week 17 – 2009).

The MLS Player of the Week is selected each week of the regular season by a panel of journalists from NASR. The group consists of members of print, television, radio and online media. More information and membership information can be found at http://www.soccerreporters. com/.