Steven Beitashour’s MLS resume includes stops in four cities in two countries, meaning he’s played for as many teams as he’s scored goals during a nine-year career.
But the defender, now with the Los Angeles Football Club, left his mark on all four teams in another way: by turning them into winners.
He next moved to Vancouver, which had made the playoffs just once. In Beitashour’s two seasons there, the Whitecaps reached 50 points in successive seasons, advanced to the conference semifinals and won a Canadian championship. Then he signed with Toronto, a team that had gone nine seasons without a winning record.