"Played every minute for me this year," Jim Curtin says, "Played it at a very high level against the top attackers in our league."
By now, every Union fan knows he's speaking about Auston Trusty, who came into 2018 with zero MLS minutes and finished with, well, every single minute a player could have. And Trusty didn't do it by being the only option; he was the best option every single match. As the season wore on, Trusty grew into the rock at the heart of a defense that shut out Seattle on the road and Sporting Kansas City at home.