Post by Neko Bazu on Oct 24, 2010 12:25:39 GMT -1
Maybe not a legend over here, and since it's the MLS most of you probably don't care anyway, but I thought it was worth a thread 
This weekend saw the final game of Jaime Moreno's career, playing for DC United against Toronto FC. He played for DC for 15 seasons in two spells, missing only the 2003 season after a disagreement with the coach led to him being shipped out (though he came right back the season after). He featured in 329 games for them and scored 131 goals, making him the highest goalscorer in MLS history (totalling 133 including the two from his '03 season). On top of that, he is also the only MLS player to score over 100 goals and set up over 100 more.
It was fitting that he got a goal in his final game, even if Toronto didn't read the rest of the script (beating DC 3-2). The standing ovation he got when he was subbed in the 81st minute obviously touched him too. It wasn't the greatest season to end his career in, in terms of DC's results, but with 9 major honours to his name and five past appearance in the MLS team of the season, I'm sure he'll have plenty of happy memories to take away. Here's hoping he can continue with DC in another role somewhere along the line; goodness knows his loyalty's earned it!
This weekend saw the final game of Jaime Moreno's career, playing for DC United against Toronto FC. He played for DC for 15 seasons in two spells, missing only the 2003 season after a disagreement with the coach led to him being shipped out (though he came right back the season after). He featured in 329 games for them and scored 131 goals, making him the highest goalscorer in MLS history (totalling 133 including the two from his '03 season). On top of that, he is also the only MLS player to score over 100 goals and set up over 100 more.
It was fitting that he got a goal in his final game, even if Toronto didn't read the rest of the script (beating DC 3-2). The standing ovation he got when he was subbed in the 81st minute obviously touched him too. It wasn't the greatest season to end his career in, in terms of DC's results, but with 9 major honours to his name and five past appearance in the MLS team of the season, I'm sure he'll have plenty of happy memories to take away. Here's hoping he can continue with DC in another role somewhere along the line; goodness knows his loyalty's earned it!
