When Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 500th career goal last weekend, he narrowly beat a deadline that would have been embarrassing to miss.
Ibrahimovic, whose 2011 autobiography, “I Am Zlatan,” is one of the best-selling books of all-time in his native Sweden, had just five days to submit the manuscript on another book when he scored his milestone goal in Toronto.
Now the Galaxy striker has another goal he’s running out of time to complete and this one, too, has potentially embarrassing consequences if it’s not met: Heading into Sunday afternoon’s StubHub Center matinee with the Seattle Sounders, the Galaxy are two spots and six points out of an MLS playoff berth with five games remaining.