It also shows that San Diego FC striker Milan Iloski is arguably the best bargain among the league’s 800-odd players. He makes $156,000. “Milan,” coach Mikey Varas said, “stepped up massively.”

San Diego FC forward Milan Iloski scored four goals in a 5-3 win over Vancouver. Not too shabby for his first career Major League Soccer start.

The win put San Diego into top spot in the Western Conference, passing the Whitecaps, and Iloski hit a history-smashing mark, with a hat-trick within nine minutes, before adding a fourth in 12 minutes – the fastest four-goal spell in MLS history.