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Chicharito's commitment to the Galaxy and MLS will be judged by goals and trophies, not viral clips

The intimate and emotional video of a phone conversation between Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and his parents — a clip that took American and Mexican soccer Twitter by storm earlier this week — was a little bit like a Rorschach test. You see what you want to see.

For those who already believe that Major League Soccer, the league El Tri’s all-time leader scorer has joined after completing a transfer to the LA Galaxy from Sevilla, isn’t worth their time, the only thing they heard was Chicharito saving that leaving Europe for Southern California after a decade of scoring goals at his sport’s highest level was “the beginning of my retirement.