If some Hollywood screenwriters a few miles down the street from BMO Stadium had cooked up the plot twists we’ve seen since Son Heung-Min arrived to team up with Denis Bouanga at LAFC in August, a discerning critic might well have dinged them for being excessively unrealistic.

The MLS-record 18 straight goals scored between the two of them during the Black & Gold’s rip-roaring 7W-1L-2D start to life with Sonny, highlighted by three hat tricks? Pretty gaudy numbers, albeit plausible, especially given the tangible impact on LAFC’s rise up the standings and into a popular MLS Cup pick among pundits.

Budding bromance

The fast-developing friendship between them, despite linguistic differences, that’s manifested itself in their joint goal celebrations, some cribbed off of TikTok, others

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