FIFA 17 Ultimate Team: Team of the Week 40 Player Ratings and Hero Card Revealed
New York City FC's David Villa heads Team of the Week 40 having hit an 87 rating with his latest in-form card in FIFA 17's Ultimate Team.
Major League Soccer stars dominate the lineup, which also includes Los Angeles Galaxy's Romain Alessandrini, Andres Imperiale of San Jose Earthquakes, Montreal Impact's Ignacio Piatti and Bradley Wright-Phillips of New York Red Bulls.
Macnelly Torres of Atletico Nacional has been awarded a hero card after helping his side win the Apertura of the Liga Aguila following their 5-1 victory over Deportivo Cali.
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EA Sports announced Team of the Week 40 on Wednesday:
Here's a closer look at the lineup:
Starting XI
Position: GK Masaaki Higashiguchi, Gamba Osaka, Japan. Rating: 74
Position: CB Lee Jae-sung, Ulsan Hyundai, Korea. Rating: 72
Position: CB Andres Imperiale, San Jose Earthquakes, Argentina. Rating: 71
Position: RWB Christoffer Remmer, Molde, Denmark. Rating 64
Position: CAM Romain Alessandrini, L.A. Galaxy, France. Rating: 80
Position: CAM Macnelly Torres, Atletico Nacional, Colombia. Rating: 81
Position: CAM Francisco Portillo Soler, Getafe, Spain. Rating: 74
Position: LW Adailton, Jubilo Iwata, Brazil. Rating: 72
Position: ST David Villa, New York City FC, Spain. Rating: 87
Position: ST Ignacio Piatti, Montreal Impact, Argentina. Rating: 83
Position: ST Mariano Pavone, Velez Sarsfield, Argentina. Rating: 74
Substitutes
Position: GK Kim Yong-dae, Ulsan Hyundai, Korea. Rating: 71
Position: CB Tim Clancy, Bray Wanderers, Ireland. Rating: 64
Position: CAM Haris Hajradinovic, Haugesund, Bosnia. Rating: 64
Position: RM Takuya Matsuura, Jubilo Iwata, Japan. Rating: 64
Position: CAM Keith Ward, Derry City, Ireland. Rating: 64
Position: ST Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls, England. Rating: 82
Position: ST Pedro Junior, Kashima Antlers, Brazil. Rating: 71
David Villa, New York City FC
Villa took his MLS tally for the 2017 season to 10 as he netted twice in City's 2-1 defeat of Seattle Sounders on Saturday.
Only Chicago Fire's Nemanja Nikolic has netted more in the current campaign, with Villa continuing to prove he still has the goalscoring touch despite being 35:
His goals engineered a second-half turnaround for NYCFC against the Sounders.
The hosts trailed 1-0 at half-time at Yankee Stadium, but Villa's 52nd-minute penalty evened the scores up, and he claimed a spectacular winner 13 minutes from time as he volleyed home from the back post.
The former Spain international should arguably have had a hat-trick, but he could only hit the crossbar with an effort late in the first half.
As a result, Villa's dribbling and shooting stats have rightly been boosted and are both now up in the 90s.
Macnelly Torres, Atletico Nacional
All Torres' base stats have been given a boost on his hero card and, most significantly, he is up into the more-than-respectable 80 bracket for dribbling and passing.
Boasting 72 for shooting also, the 32-year-old's latest card is suitably impressive and should be useful for a number of sides, though potentially not if pace is required—Torres is only 58 for pace.
Atletico Nacional were 2-0 down after the first leg of their final clash with Deportivo Cali, but in Sunday's second leg, Torres began the comeback by netting after just seven minutes.
He then set up Andres Ibarguen to make it 3-1 just before the break, and two second-half goals from Nacional saw them eventually ease to a 16th league title.
Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls
Wright-Phillips has been a goalscoring menace in MLS since he joined New York Red Bulls in 2013.
He netted his 83rd and 84th goals in the division as he saw his team to a 2-0 away win against Philadelphia Union on Sunday, and he has been rewarded with an in-form card that sees him boosted up to an 82 rating overall.
It was a late brace for the Englishman as he netted in the 87th and 90th minutes, with both goals coming from close range to earn the Red Bulls a valuable three points.
With 82 shooting, 80 pace and 74 dribbling, Wright-Phillips is a dangerous attacking player and, having netted four times in his last four games following a rare barren spell, he is on the up in form terms.
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