The USL Championship’s set piece specialists took center stage over the past week, with three superb set piece finishes joining two tremendous strikes from an action-packed game on Saturday night in this week’s highlight reel. Check out all five nominees from the past seven days, and then cast your vote to decide who gets the honor of claiming the Championship Fans’ Choice Goal of the Week.
Voting runs through Thursday, July 28 at 12 p.m. ET.
AJ Paterson (CHS) – #COSvCHS, 7/22/22: The Grenada international produced a stunning strike from 25 yards that rattled off the underside of the crossbar and in off a free kick in second-half stoppage time to earn the Battery a draw in Colorado Springs.
Jack Blake (SD) - #SDvCOS, 7/18/22: Blake produced a perfectly-struck free kick from 25 yards that picked out the top-right corner of the net to provide the capper on SD Loyal’s first victory of the week at Torero Stadium.
Chris Wehan (NM) - #DETvNM, 7/23/22: Wehan powered home a curling finish over the defensive wall and just inside the right post to pull New Mexico level at Keyworth Stadium on an outstanding free kick from more than 25 yards out.
Conor McGlynn (HFD) - #HFDvPIT, 7/23/22: McGlynn thundered home a strike that dipped into the top-left corner of the net from well outside the penalty area to put Hartford ahead against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC midway through the second half.
Shane Wiedt (PIT) - #HFDvPIT, 7/23/22: The center back broke forward to join the attack in second-half stoppage time and delivered a precisely-struck finish to the top-right corner that earned the Hounds a comeback victory at Trinity Health Stadium.