Down 1-0 in the 73rd minute, Rogers started the Crew’s comeback. After receiving a long pass through the defense from Emmanuel Ekpo, Rogers took one touch and buried a left-footed shot under Earthquakes goalkeeper Joe Cannon. He would put the Crew ahead only eight minutes later when he broke through the defense again and gathered a pass from Alejandro Moreno. Rogers took one touch around Cannon, and shot into the net for his second goal of the game and fifth of the season.

Both teams would go on to score one more goal each, as the match finished 3-2 in favor of Columbus. Rogers leads the Crew in scoring with five goals and is tied for second in the Budweiser Golden Boot race for the League’s top goal scorer. Rogers has already surpassed his 2007 goal scoring totals by two goals. Last year he notched three goals and one assist in 10 games.

The Crew were the first team in 2008 to come from behind and win a game after being scored upon first. Teams that have scored first in 2008 have a combined record of 37-1-7.

This marks the first Player of the Week award for Rogers, and the second awarded to a Crew player in 2008. Guillermo Barros Schelotto received the honor in Week 3. The Crew sits in the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a record of 6-1-0 and 18 points. The Crew has won five straight, their only loss coming in the second week of the season. They travel to face Eastern Conference foes Toronto FC on Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m. ET.

U.S. Soccer Wire: May 19, 2008

BRADLEY NAMES 33-MAN PLAYER POOL FOR UPCOMING MATCHES; U.S. MNT SELECTS HOME VENUES FOR POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS; U.S. WNT TO FACE BRAZIL IN TWO-GAME SERIES BEFORE OLYMPICS; U.S. U-23 MNT PREPARE TO KICK OFF TOULON TOURNAMENT BRADLEY NAMES 33-MAN PLAYER POOL FOR UPCOMING MATCHES: U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named a 33-man player pool that will be used to select rosters for the upcoming trio of blockbuster friendlies against England, Spain and Argentina. The roster for the England match, which will include approximately 22 players, will be announced early this week. All three of the USA’s World Cup qualifying tune-up matches will be broadcast on the ESPN and Univision networks, and fans can follow each game live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker. The friendly schedule kicks off with a trip to famed Wembley Stadium for a May 28 clash with England that will be broadcast live on ESPN Classic at 3 p.m. ET and tape delay on Galavision at 7 p.m. ET/PT. More than 1,300 tickets were sold in the U.S. Supporters Section for the USA’s second-ever trip to London. The U.S. will then face fourth-ranked Spain on June 4 at the Estadio El Sardinero in Santander. The match will be shown live exclusively on espn360.com, and broadcast via tape delay on ESPN2 at 5:30 p.m. ET and Galavision at 7 p.m. ET/PT. The U.S. will head back across the Atlantic to face No. 1-ranked Argentina on June 8 at 7:30 p.m. ET in New Jersey. More than 46,000 tickets (buy tickets) have been sold for the USA’s final match at Giants Stadium, which will be Presented by Visa®. The USA’s final match before the start of the World Cup qualifying campaign will be broadcast live on ESPN Classic and Galavision. U.S. MNT Player Pool GOALKEEPERS (5): Dominic Cervi (Out of Contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake) DEFENDERS (9): Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United) MIDFIELDERS (10): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) FORWARDS (9): Jozy Altidore (New York Red Bulls), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Nate Jaqua (Out of Contract), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), Josh Wolff (1860 Munich)