A day before the game against Atlanta United last week, a friend who I play basketball with asked me to describe who were the most important players on Toronto FC. He sheepishly admitted that he doesn't really watch soccer (at all) but had heard that TFC were on their way to a historic season, and he wanted to get an idea of which players were the ones to keep an eye on as he got ready to jump on the playoff bandwagon.
His first remark was about Michael Bradley. He knew he was the captain, and therefore automatically assumed he was the leading goalscorer on the team.