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“So the question was ‘how do we get this guy inside the box more often?’

The fact that he stopped in MLS first, he believes, will only make that move more successful once it does happen.

Through the past seven seasons the team had done very little tackling, dribbling, passing or scoring, losing more games than they won and getting outscored by 53 goals.

But if Pec’s arrival brought success for the Galaxy, for the player escaping the strict style of Vasco it brought something more important.

Only three players in franchise history — Cobi Jones, Robbie Keane and Ibrahimovic — have had more regular-season goal contributions and Pec did it in his first year, earning the league’s newcomer of the year award.