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Obafemi Martins nominated for Goal of the Week

There's no close second, so do your duty.

Obafemi Martins scored a goal so good that ESPN even made it No. 1 on their Top 10 plays of the night. If that's not good enough to lock up Goal of the Week, I'm not sure what is. Vote here.

For fun, though, let's relive it.

Martins manages to fight off one defender to retain possession, makes a spin move to separate from another defender, dishes off to Gonzalo Pineda and continues his run. Pineda gives it back and Martins splits three!!!! defenders while managing to avoid being tripped. He then coolly finishes past Donovan Ricketts. Also a huge assist goes to Norberto Paparatto for not only failing to win the initial ball but running interference for Oba the whole time.

It was awesome. Here's a gif:

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