Chris Wondolowski ties Roy Lassiter for most goals in MLS season

As of this writing, Wondolowski has about 55 minutes to break the record.

The headlines will mostly be focused on the No. 27, Lassiter’s goal total. But in some ways, Wondolwoski’s season is already better.

Let’s consider the era in which these two players competed. Lassiter set the record in the inaugural season of MLS. That year, the average game featured 3.3 goals per game. No one was as good as Lassiter at scoring them, obviously, but there were several other good goal-scorers that year.