5 video games stay within the 2024 Main League Soccer common season, and all the pieces — from the Supporters’ Shield to the ultimate playoff spots — remains to be up for grabs.
The Golden Boot, the annual award for the highest goalscorer within the league, is likely one of the extra prestigious awards in MLS. LAFC’s Denis Bouanga gained 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 take a look at the highest contenders:
Christian Benteke | D.C. United, 19 targets
D.C. United, currently in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, hasn’t performed properly this season. However due to 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 dwelling the Golden Boot.
