Aaron Kovar has had a bit of an up-and-down season. After a somewhat promising start that saw him score his first career MLS goal and work himself into regular rotation, an injury slowed his progress and he’s struggled to get back into the 18.
But the low point of his season may have been after Nelson Valdez scored the game-winner against Sporting KC and kinda snubbed the Homegrown Player while celebrating. It’s hard to blame Valdez if he was a bit lost in the moment, being as that was his first goal in nearly a year.
Just to show there weren’t any hard feelings, though, Valdez made sure to give Kovar a big ol’ hug after scoring the eventual game-winner in Sunday’s game.