Efraín Álvarez continued to take a step forward with the LA Galaxy in 2022, but was it enough?
It may be an unfair question. He turned just 20 this year, he’s already been capped by the senior Mexico national team, he’s been hyped for years, and he had a better, more efficient season statistically this year than in past years.
That’s all true, and I am far from writing him off at this stage, but given the smoke around the homegrown attacking midfielder, this felt like the year he should have really pushed to become a regular starter, and it didn’t happen.