It's all about young players getting into the scoring table this last week as Chukwudi Chijindu (Chivas), Bryan Jordan (Galaxy), and Macoumba Kandji (Red Bulls) score their first goals of the season. Chukwudi comes to MLS this year from the University of Connecticut where he was a psych! major, while Bryan and Macoumba came from the USL.

Up and coming young strikers in the MLS Goals, we crave goals. The USA is not Italy, quality defending is great but we like the sound of the ball hitting the back of the net. Rookies, players new to the MLS, and the under 25 crowd may be providing us this excitement. We've started a focus on [...]

This last weekend's tight matches kept any additional young guns from breaking into the MLS scoring record, with only Marco Pappa, Arturo Alvarez, and Ryan Johnson adding to their goal tallies, all from the San Jose - Chicago goal fest.

The "old" guys made a bit of a comeback with Brian McBride leading the way in showing that having a couple extra miles under the tires does not keep one from scoring an excellent goal.

As we get psyched up for another weekend of MLS soccer, let's check in on which young strikers are hot.

The young talent who've netted this season is spread across 11 teams so far. Seattle, Chicago, and San Jose each have three different young players who've scored, the Sounders getting 5 goals from their efforts.