Ze Roberto named player of the week in the A-League!

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Tuesday, May 13, 2003

TAMPA, FL - United Soccer Leagues announced today the Team and Players of the Week honors for the A-League, USL Pro Select League, Premier Development League and W-League for the fourth week of the season, honoring Montreal's Ze Roberto, Wilmington's Junior Zarate, Cape Cod's David Bulow and New York's Noelle Meeke as Players of the Week.

Montreal Impact midfielder Ze Roberto provided all the offense for the club in a 2-0 road win over nearby Canadian rival Toronto Saturday.

After repeated Impact incursions in the Toronto zone early in the game, Ze Roberto finally scored a first goal for Montreal this season in the 30th minute on a crisp header from a corner kick by Martin Nash, that beat goalkeeper Theo Zagar near the left post.

The two Impact midfielders paired up again early in the second half with an almost identical play, this time with Ze Roberto redirecting a cross from Nash on a header.

Ze Roberto is in his fourth season under head coach Bob Lilley, spending his first two with him in Hershey with the Wildcats, who reached the 2001 A-League final. Through his first three years, he had compiled 15 goals and nine assists in 75 games played. He was also a member of the USL team that toured Portugal in December of 2001.