Quote Originally Posted by Bushmancan View Post
That is so awesome...it was a great header as well.
It's easy to forget he came into the league as a striker. Chivas played him up top but he didn't get many chances before going to Seattle, where they moved him to the backline. He started as a defender, then became a striker, then became a defender again.

When he left college, the consensus was whoever took him would move him to the backline because he was considered quick (!) and great in the air, with good ball skills. But Chivas gave him a brief shot at striker, which after his college success was his preferred position.

He's really good in the air. We've had days when we could've used a target striker to knock down balls and challenge crosses, and we'd have done worse than throw him up top. Probably still a better striker than Adam Jahn or a few of the other bruisers who've seen time up top in MLS.