New season, new stars?

In this week’s column I take a look at five players who have impressed so far in 2012.

Apologies to those I was forced to miss for space reasons including the likes of Sporting’s Graham Zusi.

The Kei Kamara goal against the Galaxy and the two Chivas USA goals created by Ryan Smith from last weeekend can be seen here.

In the column I teased to the trailer for the documentary short “Kei,” so here it is:

Here are the highlights of the Red Bull win over the Columbus Crew last weekend, too, including Kenny Cooper’s two goals:

Here are the two Darlington Nagbe goals mentioned in the column he scored against Real Salt Lake a week or so ago:

And for good measure, here’s that Nagbe goal from last season I also mentioned in the column that’s worth another look to refresh your memory about how good it is:

Finally, David Estrada’s hat trick to get his and the Sounders 2012 season off and running is here: