Since its July divorce with center forward Milan Iloski , San Diego FC has received just one goal at Iloski’s spot and scored at a much lower rate in the nine games.

But because it also has slashed its goals-allowed rate, the first-year soccer club has sustained its average of 1.9 points per match to stay atop the 15-team Western Conference.

Numerous variables outside of SDFC’s center-forward play have affected SDFC’s play since a financial impasse sent Esconido’s Iloski back to Denmark in mid-July. He has since returned to Major League Soccer with the Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia Union.

Even if a deal had been worked out, Iloski was unlikely to continue his white-hot pace of 10 goals scored over 479 minutes in 14 matches. Within that sun-burst flurry, the MLS rookie tallied

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