Josef Martínez is on the verge of making history. Two goals away, to be exact. He is sitting on 26 goals with 10 games to go, and so it seems likely that he will soon equal Major League Soccer’s single-season scoring record of 27 goals and then surpass the three men who have achieved that feat and claim the record for himself.



After his two-goal performance against defending champion Toronto FC on August 4, Martínez now has six multi-goal games in 2018. He had five in just 20 appearances in 2017. What’s more, Martínez has scored in seven straight games, tying him with the Portland Timbers’ Diego Valeri for the second longest streak in MLS history.



If Martínez scores in three more consecutive games, he’ll break Valeri’s 2017 record of nine straight matches with a goal. Valeri was the 2017 MLS MVP, and Martínez seems a lock for the same honor this season. His numbers are staggering, yet they only tell...