Austin FC's seasoned vets are all having seasons to remember.
"Before coming to Austin, I think a lot of people thought that my career was probably over or that it wasn't gonna be this, how it is now. I proved a lot of people wrong," Fagúndez said. His dozen assists – already a single-season career best – lead the Western Conference, and his six goals have come in crucial moments for Austin FC."I know how to play soccer. I can score goals. I can give assists.
That philosophy of putting players in positions of comfort and security, accentuating their strengths and mitigating their weaknesses, is at the core of what Austin FC has been under Wolff. The club has taken the same approach with Finlay and has been rewarded with his 10 goal contributions, Finlay's best output in six years.
With Urruti, who earned Man of the Match honors Friday with two goals against LAFC, Wolff simply expressed his confidence in the veteran striker's ability to score goals."Maxi is a guy that came here and I said, 'You're a 12-goal guy. You should be scoring 12 goals in this league, given the right surroundings, the right coaching, the right environment.' And I think you're seeing those things come out of him," Wolff said.
Even Martins, whose best contributions to a team can't be measured statistically, has thrived in his role as a physical tone-setter and midfield conductor off the bench. Along with Fagúndez, Urruti, and Finlay, Martins is at the heart of the club's strong core of veteran leadership. "I think sometimes when you're in a league for so long, people don't realize what you can do. I think they start forgetting about it," Fagúndez said."I know when all of us came to Austin, it was a new challenge. ... So we have to give it our best and do everything we can to help this team win, so that we can stay here for a long time."
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