TAMPA, Fla. – USL League One today announced the Team of the Week for Week 3 of the 2024 regular season with Spokane Velocity FC midfielder Luis Gil named Player of the Week presented by Konami eFootball for winning and converting Spokane's match-winning penalty.

Gil - the first USL League One Player of the Week in club history - powered Spokane to victory in its second home match at ONE Spokane Stadium. The veteran League One, Liga MX and MLS midfielder won and converted the match-winning penalty in the 35th minute of the match against Northern Colorado. The penalty conversion was the captain's first at the club level and first in his career since scoring from the spot for the United States U-23 Men's Youth National Team against Panama in a 2015 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship match.

"We have to give credit to the defense as well, especially playing against a team that’s so direct," Gil said of his defense. "They had to absorb so much pressure from the big boys up top."

In total, seven of eight teams in action are represented on the Week 3 Team of the Week, with Knoxville, Spokane, South Georgia and Madison seeing multiple players named to the list.

COACH - Ian Cameron, South Georgia Tormenta FC: The 2022 USL League One title-winning coach guided his side to a massive 3-1 victory over the Kickers in a tough environment at City Stadium. Tormenta FC maintained the highest goal-differential-minus-expected-goal-differential value (3.65) and points-minus-expected-points mark (2.10) across the league in Week 3, according to American Soccer Analysis.

GK - Bernd Schipmann, Forward Madison FC: The former Philippines international recorded the first penalty save of the season, denying Greenville's Leo Castro a potential match-winning goal. In addition to his four saves and a clean sheet, Schipmann registered the best goals-minus-expected-goals mark (-1.58) and goals-added value (1.80) on the week among goalkeepers, per American Soccer Analysis.

D - Dani Fernandez, One Knoxville SC: With One Knox since its USL League Two days, the Spanish defender helped Knoxville keep its first clean sheet in league play and climb to the top of the table by completing 90% of his passes, six duels won, three recoveries and thre accurate long balls.

D - Marcelo Lage, Spokane Velocity FC: The second-year professional helped Spokane lock up its first clean sheet in League One play with his 12 duels won, 10 clearances, four recoveries, two interceptions and 87% passing accuracy.

D - Romain Métanire, Spokane Velocity FC: The Madagascar international has continued to display his quality on the pitch for newcomers Velocity FC. Métanire tallied nine duels won, five recoveries, five tackles won, three interceptions, and completed nearly 75% of his passes.

M - Conor Doyle, South Georgia Tormenta FC: Having now scored for three different League One clubs, the league veteran registered his first goal with South Georgia in spectacular fashion early in Tormenta FC's victory in Richmond. The 32-year-old won four duels, tallied four clearances, earned three recoveries and created one chance in South Georgia's first league win of the season.

M - Luis Gil, Spokane Velocity FC: Spokane's inaugural captain won and converted the match-winning penalty in Velocity FC's 1-0 victory over Northern Colorado. Gil also registered six recoveries, won five duels, earned four fouls and created a pair of chances. Gil's 0.38 goals-added value was the most on the week, according to American Soccer Analysis.

M - Stuart Ritchie, One Knoxville SC: On Saturday, the former United States youth international bagged his first goal since scoring for the Kickers in June 2022 to help Knoxville remain undefeated against Barrel Brawl rival Lexington. 

M - Ajmeer Spengler, South Georgia Tormenta FC: Starting in back-to-back matches for South Georgia just a handful of matches into his professional career, Spengler assisted Niall Watson's match-winning goal in the 55th minute. The 23-year-old recorded nine recoveries, won seven duels created three chances, won three fouls and completed 79% of his passes.

M - Nil Vinyals, Richmond Kickers: Even in a loss, the 2023 All-League First Team midfielder was productive as ever. Vinyals finished within the top three of all players in duels won (10), dribbles completed (7), chances created (6), successful crosses (3), fouls won (3), interceptions (2) on the week.

F - Rodolfo Castro Jr., One Knoxville SC: Kicking off his first full season in Knoxville, Castro bagged his first goal of the season, scoring the match-winning goal against rival Lexington on Saturday.

F - Angelo Kelly-Rosales, One Knoxville SC: The Week 2 Player of the Week continued his good run of form, assisting Castro's match-winning goal in the 70th minute against rival Lexington. Kelly-Rosales also created five chances, completed nearly 90% of his passes and added four duels won to his side's Barrel Brawl victory.

BENCH: Ford Parker (TRM), Ahmed Longmire (SPK), Timmy Mehl (MAD), Jordan Skelton (KNX), Evan Lee (GVL), Isidro Martínez (NCO), Niall Watson (TRM)