How Evander’s ‘magic’ powers FC Cincinnati: ‘When you come from Brazil, there are a lot of expectations’

There is nothing like being a Brazilian number 10, just ask FC Cincinnati’s Evident.

“If you come from BrazilThere are many expectations of people when they say: ‘Oh the Jogo Bonito’ and things like that, but it is true, you know. That is what I try to bring, the different games, the magic. So I want [the fans] To enjoy and expect that the team is always there to also win the games. There is nothing better than to enjoy a wonderful game to enjoy a wonderful game and to win every game. ”

With 15 goals of only 5.63 expected goals, Evander definitely makes something magical, and Cincinnati picks the rewards. Although he is perhaps a bit excess, Evander has not met a shot that he does not like, and he also has the talent to get them past the keeper after dribbling to get into space. And shooting is not everything that Evander does, with Kevin Denkey to create a formidable attacking duo while things also play set.

Evander has taken that pressure to perform and entertain and channeled to become the best version of itself, consistently a difference maker. It led Cincy to the top of the Eastern Conference, while their star is locked up in a fight with Lionel Messi For the most valuable player of the competition. He has embraced the pressure to push Cincinnati forward after he has joined them in the low season Portland Timbers To replace a former MVP winner in Luciano Acosta. It didn’t take him much time to fit into a new environment as a head coach Pat Noonan Ensured that the system worked for his new star, while their recruitment strategy was also coordinated, where he was a natural fit for the departing Acosta.

He has become one of the best players in MLS, and despite the idea that a most valuable player is an American Centric Award, it is something that Evander knows he wants to compete with Messi for the prize last season when he ended as a finalist.

“Having a great season last season, and competing against one of the best players in the world that is Messi. So there are, to the last MVP top three and there are Messi and Cucho, two great players, I realized that I was competing at a high level against two really good boys,” Evander said. “It is something I am going for again this year and not only this year, but for the rest of my career.”

That drive is something that Evander has always had since he has the ranks at Vasco da Gama in Brazil, but this is another look at what the Messi effect can bring for the competition. With the Argentinian institution a new bar for what can be achieved in MLS, top players in the competition give up their own versions to match him.

Only 27, Evander starts the prime of his career and now has 39 ml goals since he joined the competition in 2023 Central Jutland in Denmark. He has become one of the most important players in MLS and has even shown that Messi is going against each other. When the two met on July 16, Evander scored a brace to help Cincy with a 3-0 win.

Thanks to MLS Planning -Figures, they will be facing each other again in Miami on Saturday in another collision that could be a defining in the MVP race. Although there is a chance that Messi will not play in that game do not participate in the All-Star gameEvander Die Cincinnati further pushes further clearly on top of the competition will only grow his impressive matter for League MVP. Because the goal is to guarantee the prize and also win the supporters’ Shield for the best record in MLS, let’s see how Evander is stacking with Messi.

Evander vs. Messi by the numbers

*Including secondary assists

What makes an MVP?

The vote for MVP can be something that in some cases is driven narrative, but a voice itself, this is a good time to explain what I am looking for. Since MLS has no promotion and relegation, a team must at least be in a play -off position, unless someone’s performance is too strong to ignore, such as Christian Benteke who wins the Golden Boot while DC United the play -offs missed. Goals and assists are also important, but that does not mean that things such as goals prevent and defensive contributions are not taken into account to give keepers and defenders a chance on the prize, although the reality is that the prize is dominated by attacking players.

From there it is important to see if the goals of a player change the status of the game or simply when a team is already fooling or loses. Team value is also a small factor, because it is crucial for players to be recognized because they do more with less talent around them. Because of all those statistics, Messi and Evander are the clear front runners for the price when the regular season of MLS comes in the Stretch Run, but players like Sam Surridge” Those” Other DreyerAnd Biel Pep Also go into the fight in a layer behind the front runners.

Who is the leader?

In the stretch of the season, it feels like the MVP race mainly participates between four players. Evander, Messi, Dreyer and Pep Biel. All four have played a huge role in offering both goals and assists to their teams while they are insisted on play -off places. Messi is surrounded by the most talent, but scoring eight goals in his last five MLS matches is unreal production, with four brackets during that piece after the elimination of Miami from the Club World Cup. Evander has also had an impressive consistency, but Dreyer cannot be ignored either. San Diego FC are in their first season in the competition and on top of the Western Conference via its 11 goals and 14 assists. Even when their expected star Hirving Lozano Missed time, it has been Dreyer who consistently came up to push them forward. Pep Biel falls in a layer behind them, but if he can move forward without Patrick Agyemang in Charlotte, who recently went to England to become a member of Derby, then it starts to swing more with less factor to his advantage.

Messi played in the least matches of the quartet with only 18 performances, but it is not such a low song that it would disqualify him of the running. It makes his output more impressive because everyone around him has played in three to four more games, but he still has the best number of all. This price is Messis to lose, but with the Argentinian that increases the performances of the people around him, even in the competition, there is time for things to shift during the last 10 matchday of the season and Evander cannot be postponed.