Kei Kamara overtook Landon Donavon to become the second-highest scorer in… Multilateral date On Saturday, he scored his 146th North American League goal as Los Angeles FC demolished the San Jose Earthquakes.
Camara, 39, He headed in a cross by Mateusz Bogos in the 33rd minute to score Los Angeles' third goal in a 6-2 win. At BMO Stadium. This victory was the seventh for the Black and Gold in the last eight games in the American League, and left the team at the top of the Western Conference, equal on points with Real Salt Lake but with a game in hand.
Kamara, who joined Los Angeles FC from Chicago Fire in March, He matched Donovan's career tally of 145 MLS goals on Wednesday, when he scored a last-gasp equalizer in his team's 1-1 draw with Austin FC. He was a year behind Donovan, having scored his 144th MLS goal while playing for Chicago in June 2023.
What did Kamara say about the historic MLS goal?
“I hope it makes a lot of people happy,” the veteran said after his historic goal this weekend. “I know it makes my friends and family happy Because they're the ones who have been calculating goals all these years and texting me. I see their text messages, how happy they are. Friends, family, guys you went to school, high school, and college with.
“But Landon is the greatest American football player who ever livedSo to have my name named next to his for such a long time was an honor. He will always be there for Landon. I mean, [league MVP] The cup is named after him. So when I'm mentioned alongside a great footballer like that, it's great and I admire him.
Who is the best scorer in the history of the American League?
Kamara is a quarter of a century behind the best scorers in the American League of all time. Chris Wondolowski, who scored 171 times In a 16-year major league career that saw him play for the San Jose Earthquakes and Houston Dynamo.
The best scorers in the American League of all time
- Chris Wondolowski: 171
- Ki Kamara: 146
- Landon Donovan: 145
- Jeff Cunningham: 134
- Jaime Moreno: 133
Kamara is not chasing Wondolowski's record
At the beginning of their playing careers, Kamara and Wondolowski were counterparts in the second division of American soccer. Later, they were teammates with Dynamo in 2008 and 2009 The LAFC striker says he's happy to remain second on the listBehind the player you developed a “brotherhood” with in Houston.
“When I was in California and growing up here, I remember going to Cal State Dominguez Hills and being a year behind Chris Wondolowski, who was at Chico State,” Kamara recalled. “For him to be in a league where We ended up playing together in Houston, and that's when we started forming this brotherhoodThis love is to say: We want that […] It represents the second section [college] Football, because it was not easy for players to move from the second division to the league.
“He kept setting the bar higher and higher for me every year, and I told him, 'Keep going, I'll be right behind you.' So that we can be one and two [on the MLS top scorers’ list]It's just a dream. People will say, “Yes, yes, go chase him, but I just want to be one and two, me and Windu.”“.
Kamara, who made his MLS debut in 2006, is now on his 11th club in the league.. In addition to Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, he played for Columbus Crew, San Jose Earthquakes, Sporting Kansas City, New England Revolution, Vancouver Whitecaps, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United and CF Montreal. He is a two-time Major League Soccer All-Star and was a US Open Cup winner with Kansas City in 2012.
This Sierra Leone season He scored two goals in 13 games with LAFC, who are seeking a second American League title in their seventh season in the league. Winners of the 2022 MLS Cup, California were runners-up last year, losing to the Columbus Crew in the final.
