Until he sustained a season-ending knee injury last week in the Western Conference final, Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was having a tremendous season.
So I heard.
I watched Puig play only twice this year, once in the Galaxy’s season-opening 1-1 draw with Inter Miami and a second time in his team’s Fourth of July defeat to LAFC at the Rose Bowl. Outside of short highlight clips on social media, I never saw the former Barcelona prospect, not even when he assisted on the goal that sent the Galaxy to the MLS Cup final that will be played Saturday at Dignity Health Sports Park.