{"id":408028,"date":"2017-08-01T19:50:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/ghanas-david-accam-rated-19th-best-in-30-mls-players\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:50:27","slug":"ghanas-david-accam-rated-19th-best-in-30-mls-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/ghanas-david-accam-rated-19th-best-in-30-mls-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s David Accam rated 19th best in 30 MLS players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  1 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-08-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/93058704.295.jpg\" alt=\"David Accam Chic Fire\" title=\"David Accam Chic Fire\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>David Accam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1501617027_995_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana winger David Accam has been ranked the 19th best player in the Major League Soccer following his devastating form for Chicago Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The winger has scored 12 goals already in the season creating 7 assist in the process.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was dropped from the Major League Soccer team that will face Real Madrid this month.<\/p>\n<p>Coach of the MLS all-star team Veljko Paunovic is Accam\u2019s coach but dropped the speedster leading to reports there is a fall out with the player and his manager.<\/p>\n<p>Accam\u2019s teammate and former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has been ranked fourth with Spanish football icon David Villa topping the list.<\/p>\n<p>Former World Footballer of the Year Kaka places 21st on the list.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian&#8217;s speed has long assaulted defences, but this season Accam&#8217;s goals are up 59 percent compared to 36.6 percent last year.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s yet another reason why the Fire have been so much better than last season, and as a result, even more overseas clubs are beginning to take notice.<\/p>\n<p><b>Below is the top 30 players:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1.David Villa<\/p>\n<p>2. Sebastian Giovinco<\/p>\n<p>3. Diego Valeri<\/p>\n<p>4. Bastian Schweinsteiger<\/p>\n<p>5. Ignacio Piatti<\/p>\n<p>6. Miguel Almiron<\/p>\n<p>7. Michael Bradley<\/p>\n<p>9. Dax McCarty<\/p>\n<p>10. Cyle Larin<\/p>\n<p>11. Nicolas Lodeiro<\/p>\n<p>12. Kellyn Acosta<\/p>\n<p>13. Nemanja Nikolic<\/p>\n<p>14. Josef Martinez<\/p>\n<p>15. Mauro Diaz<\/p>\n<p>16. Clint Dempsey<\/p>\n<p>17. Fanendo Adi<\/p>\n<p>18. Darlington Nagbe<\/p>\n<p>19. David Accam<\/p>\n<p>20. Bradley Wright-Phillips<\/p>\n<p>21. Kaka<\/p>\n<p>22. Giovani dos Santos<\/p>\n<p>23. Romain Alessandrini<\/p>\n<p>24. Erick \u201cCubo\u201d Torres<\/p>\n<p>25. Benny Feilhaber<\/p>\n<p>26. Tim Howard<\/p>\n<p>27. Osvaldo Alonso<\/p>\n<p>28. Sacha Kljestan<\/p>\n<p>29. Matt Hedges<\/p>\n<p>30. 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