Martins, who was overlooked for Nigeria’s World Cup training squad, scored from a shallow angle
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“If they’re going to a World Cup, I’ll play my own World Cup with the Seattle Sounders,” said Martins. “I’m happy to be here and to play games
Seattle fell behind in the 13th minute when Brad Evans put the ball into his own net and the Union held that lead until Martins equalized in the 61st minute of the game
Martins became the second Seattle Sounders player to claim the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week award this season after narrowly beating out Real Salt Lake’s Ned Grabavoy
The home side took the lead in the fifth minute when Osvaldo Alonso brought down Leandro Barrera in the area, and Erick Torres fired the resulting penalty past Stefan Frei
“I don’t know anything for now. Some other players don’t know anything, too, because a couple of my teammates, we’re older in the team, and they don’t know as well,” he said
The Seattle Sounders forward scored his club’s second goal in the 58th minute in their last league game
The Nigerian player strike was all Sounders needed to come back from an early deficit in a 1-1 tie against the Houston Dynamo in the Carolina Challenge Cup
The Seattle Sounders striker conceded Keshi already knows the players he will be taking to Brazil
Both clubs are keen on luring the petite forward with mouth watering offers, just as the player’s management team are also battling hard to study the contractual details before a final decision will be made
Martins did not only play a key role in the Sounders’ 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake, contributing a goal and an assist, but he was voted MLS Player of the Week on Monday
It was a little difficult for me because I didn’t train for like three weeks, but it’s all good. I just want to play and help the team as usual
Seattle Sounders Coach, Sigi Schmid, said: “He was supposed to be here on Tuesday. He’s missed practice. … It’s one missed practice. He’ll be fine and we’ll move on
The 28-year-old headed in a Mauro Rosales free-kick in the eighth minute, to open the scoring for the Sounders
Sounders Head Coach, Sigi Schmid, told the media that Martins, who has scored six goals this season, is still recovering after being kicked in the calf during the team’s loss to Vancouver last weekend
For the 28-year-old has had eight clubs since leaving his native Nigeria for new pastures: Reggiana, Inter Milan, Newcastle, Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, Birmingham, Levante and now American MLS outfit, Seattle Sounders
The Eagles’ gaffer on Monday debunked the reports that he has changed his mind in recalling the out-of-favour stars such as Osaze Odemwingie, Ike Uche, Obafemi, and Yakubu Aiyegbeni among others
Meanwhile, reports have it that Martins is the highest-paid player in Seattle’s history with $1.600,000 as salary and $1.725,000 as guaranteed compensation
This afternoon, Martins has deposited with the Spanish Football League the amount stipulated in the buy-out clause in his contract with Levante,” the club said in a statement
Martins, popularly called weapon of mass destruction, poses the biggest threat to the star studded Madrid side going by his recent scoring form