When Robbie Keane retired in 2016, this left Gyasi Zardes as the lone striker in the senior squad. And Zardes is coming off an injury ridden season, where he missed the latter stage of the season, including playoff, with a broken foot.
That leaves the first team with one extra striker, outside of Giovanni dos Santos who will not stick to playing off a defender’s shoulder. That man to fill the role? Jack McBean.
Yes, that’s right, it’s McBean’s time to finally prove himself in the league and he has everything set up perfectly.
The 22-year-old striker, a product out of Newport Beach, CA first signed with the Galaxy organization six years ago in 2011 after rising through the ranks of the youth academy.