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Ricardo dos Santos Leite Kaka's brace gave coach Jason Kreis victory over his former club, while helping Orlando City to within a point of the play-off spots.

David Villa Sánchez After scoring 23 goals and registering four assists in 2016, David Villa has been named the Landon Donovan MLS MVP for 2016.

Andrea Pirlo Italy international and former Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo, 36, is out of contract in December.

Kaka Kaka made an immediate impact as high-flying Orlando City accounted for Colorado Rapids 2-0 on Saturday.

Sacha Klještan The Red Bulls made light work of the Earthquakes in MLS on Wednesday as Daniel Royer scored a late double.

Josef Martínez Josef Martinez netted a hat-trick and Miguel Almiron scored twice as Atlanta won the battle of the expansion franchises amid heavy snowfall.

Ismael Tajouri, Maximiliano Moralez, Jo Inge Berget and Ebenezer Ofori scored as New York stayed top of the east with five wins in six games

Cyle Larin scored his third goal in three matches as Orlando City opened its account, following back-to-back draws.

Toronto travel to Philadelphia Union on Saturday looking to build on last week's drought-ending win.

Pep Guardiola Pep Guardiola is expected to stay with Manchester City for three years, but Patrick Vieira is already being touted as a potential successor.