Nelson Valdez closed the book on the 2016 regular season with a round 900 minutes. In 24 matches, the Paraguayan registered 30 shots and zero goals. Thursday night he needed nine minutes, one shot and a bit of good fortune to score the lone goal in the Seattle Sounders' 1-0 win over Sporting Kansas City.
The nine minutes? That's how long it took for him to surge through the box and nod in Joevin Jones' cross from the left side of the Sounders attack. The good fortune? It came when the assistant referee's flag stayed down despite Valdez appearing to be offside when the ball left Jones' foot.