Get used to reading about Josef Martínez breaking Major League Soccer’s single-season goal scoring record. Because based on the Atlanta marksman’s absurd conversion rate, he’s almost certain to do it a bunch more times over the next couple months.
On each occasion, however, he’ll be breaking his own mark. Friday night in Orlando was the first, as Martínez made the record his own, setting himself up to obliterate the old standard by season’s end. Across MLS’s first 22 regular seasons, three men managed to score 27 goals. Then the prolific Martínez notched his 28th of 2018 (and the game-winner) in the 74th minute of Atlanta United’s 2-1 win at Orlando City Stadium.