The race for the 2018 MLS Golden Boot award is set to be a heated one. Nemanja Nikolic, last year’s winner, seems certain to build on his promising debut campaign, Josef Martinez has kept scoring for fun in Atlanta, and, health permitting, will continue to add to his ever-growing tally, while there are the proven veterans like David Villa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who have been the top scorers of the elite European leagues in the past.
However, there’s one forward who some MLS fans have forgotten about in recent years who might just be ready to challenge for the league’s top scorer.