Herculez Gomez

to the fan base.

This is a player who, for lack of a better term, has had to eat a lot of poop lately.

He's a player that, when Jesse Marsh was with Leeds, was thrown into this American little circuit, if you will, and blamed for Leeds going down.

Struck with Leeds in the second season, because he went to Union Berlin, came back, helped Leeds achieve promotion,

And he's slowly chipping away and earning the fan base's trust, earning his teammates' trust.

He had a goal against Manchester United last week.

He's got two goals this week.

But I agree with Casey.

It starts with his work rate.

You see the type of player he is, and he's by no means a flashy, technical, flary player.

This is a player that starts with work and ends with work.

And that work is contagious.

It's contagious to the rest.

And he ends up getting goals and assists.

He's a productive player.

Not too long ago with Greg Berhalter, last World Cup cycle,

There was one player we dubbed Mr. Football Americas, and it was Brendan Arrington because he would show up on our run it back literally every week.

Every week he was scoring goals.

Every week he was doing an assist.

Every week he was producing plays.