Giorgos Giakoumakis wasn’t kidding around.
Last June, during a post-match interview on MLS 360, I tried to have a little joke with him, asking if the Golden Boot was in his sights. Atlanta United had just beaten D.C. United, 3-1, and he scored the opener.
Some strikers might brush that question off, play it cool. Not Giakoumakis.
“Every year. I mean, come on. Let’s be honest. I’m a striker. It has to be in my mind, first of all in order to give me extra motivation,” Giakoumakis told us on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
“Every single game I have to stay focused, I have to find my own motivation and that’s my first one. So whenever I feel that I have to score in every single game, it means that I also have to help the team more. Whenever I score, my team has an advantage. That’s why it’s in my mind always.”
