Had Crew SC not failed to win nine of its past 10 games, forward Ola Kamara might be the hottest topic in Major League Soccer as it heads toward the All-Star break.
Instead, Kamara must settle for being the league’s hottest scorer, albeit one whose prolific production (eight goals in six games) hasn’t meant much during the Crew’s dismal first half.
“It’s really disappointing,” Kamara said of the Crew’s ninth-place standing in the Eastern Conference, solidified by a 1-4-5 run leading up to a game tonight against Toronto FC at Mapfre Stadium. “But when you’re scoring goals, you know it’s possible to win.