5 video games stay within the 2024 Main League Soccer common season, and the whole lot — from the Supporters’ Defend to the ultimate playoff spots — continues to be up for grabs.
The Golden Boot, the annual award for the highest goalscorer within the league, is without doubt one of the extra prestigious awards in MLS. LAFC’s Denis Bouanga received it final season with 20 targets. Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar earned it in 2022 with 23 targets.
This season, 14 gamers stay in competition for the title. This is a have a look at the highest contenders:
Christian Benteke | D.C. United, 19 targets
D.C. United, presently in tenth place within the Jap Convention, hasn’t performed nicely this season. However because of Belgian striker Benteke, it nonetheless has an outdoor shot for the postseason.
Benteke, recognized for thundering headers and stellar physicality, is impressively environment friendly, scoring on 52% of his pictures.
Nobody in MLS is best at scoring targets contained in the penalty field than Benteke, and with Nashville and New England — two of the league’s worst defensive items — nonetheless on the schedule for D.C., he is the clear favourite to take house the Golden Boot.
