On 19 October, in a Champions League group match against Liverpool at the Metropolitano Stadium, he scored a first half brace to level the score at 2-2, but was sent off in the 52nd minute for serious foul play on Roberto Firmino in an eventual 3-2 defeat. In order to attract such fans, MLS has imported bankable stars reaching the end of their careers at high-profile international clubs, such as Spurs legend Robbie Keane and Brazil’s Kaka, gaining itself a reputation as a “retirement league”. The forward with scholarship offers from around the country had a short list that included North Carolina, Michigan, Texas and most of the Pac-12.