With Columbus Crew SC's quick start continuing to roll in Sunday's 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact, midfield talisman Federico Higuain struck a 12th-minute penalty for his second goal of 2018 and 50th MLS regular-season strike overall, leaving him one assist shy of joining rarefied company: The 50-50 club.
He'd be the 19th player to join, following reigning MLS MVP Diego Valeri, who did so on his 139th game, on August 12, 2017. Saturday's contest was Higuaín's 151st regular-season MLS match. Columbus legends Jeff Cunningham and Brian McBride are already on the list.
After Saturday's match, Crew SC head coach Gregg Berhalter said, "[Higuain] is a great player, and he's a hugely important part of what we do. I was not fortunate enough to be here to coach some of the greatest players here, but he's definitely at the top of the list [of Crew SC's all-time greats]."
MLS's 50-goal, 50-assist club
Rank |
Players |
G |
A |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
Landon Donovan |
145 |
136 |
2 |
Jeff Cunningham |
134 |
70 |
3 |
Jaime Moreno |
133 |
102 |
4 |
Ante Razov |
114 |
66 |
5 |
Jason Kreis |
108 |
74 |
6 |
Dwayne De Rosario |
104 |
77 |
7 |
Brian McBride |
80 |
52 |
8 |
Preki |
79 |
112 |
9 |
Steve Ralston |
76 |
135 |
10 |
Ronald Cerritos |
71 |
57 |
11 |
Cobi Jones |
70 |
91 |
12 |
Mark Chung |
61 |
76 |
Clint Mathis |
61 |
52 |
|
14 |
Brad Davis |
57 |
123 |
Sebastien Le Toux |
59 |
57 |
|
16 |
Chris Henderson |
51 |
80 |
17 |
Javier Morales |
50 |
83 |
18 |
Diego Valeri |
58 |
53 |