Its time to award the Mad About Fútbol Team Of The Week to some lucky team that has no idea that we do this. Regardless, the winner should be honored because its a recognition of a team's superior performance during the week. Remember that the MAF Team Of The Week made headlines and/or played matches during the calendar week of April 20 - 26.

The winner is:

CLUB ATLÉTICO VÉLEZ SÁRSFIELD (ARG)

The team also known as El Fortín get the honors as the MAF Team Of The Week for their big win on Sunday against Colón de Santa Fe. The match was a meeting of Top 3 teams in Santa Fe. Colón jumped out to a 2-0 lead and looked poised to move to the top of the table. However, Vélez showed their championship mettle in the 2nd half by scoring 4 goals to take the 3 points and keep their lead atop the '09 Argentine Clausura standings. El Fortín's Uruguayan hitman Hernán López scored twice in that big 2nd half to increase his goal scoring tally to 8 goals on the season, a number good enough to tie for 1st in the goal scoring table. For their incredible road comeback in a top of the table clash, Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is Mad About Fútbol Team Of The Week.

2nd Place = Olympique de Marseille (FRA)

l'OM is on the verge of breaking Lyon's streak of 7 consecutive Ligue 1 titles. On Sunday, Marseille defeated Lille 2-1 on the road to increase their lead atop the Ligue 1 table. Benoit Cheyrou & Mamadou Niang scored 3 minutes apart in the 2nd half to give Marseille the win. l'OM are now 6 points up on 3rd place Lyon and 5 points up on 2nd place Bordeaux with 5 weeks left in the season.

3rd Place = Real Salt Lake (USA)


The team from the Beehive State gets 3rd place for their hand in embarrassing the New England Revolution 6-0 at home on Saturday. 6 different players found the back of the net for RSL with all the goals coming in the 2nd half. The goal explosion at Rio Tinto Stadium handed New England its 1st loss of the season.