MLS: Top 5 Designated Player signings from 2020

Seatle Sounders' Joao Paulo Mior celebrates after scoring a goal against Olimpia during their CONCACAF Champions League match at Olimpico Metropolinato Stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on February 20, 2020. (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP) (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images) /

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LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 01: Rodolfo Pizarro #10 of Inter Miami CF during a game between Inter Miami CF and Los Angeles FC at Banc of California Stadium on March 01, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Janosz/ISI Photos/Getty Images) /

4. Rodolfo Pizarro

Inter Miami wanted a ‘star’ to set their expansion season alight. There were links to some of the biggest names in world football, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez leading the queue. In the end, they had to ‘settle’ for Rodolfo Pizarro. Not bad at all.

Pizarro plays like a modernised number 10, with the creativity and goalscoring ability of more traditional options but allying that with athletic ability, stamina to bound up and down the pitch, and a willingness to work hard. He has proven this in his first two appearances for Miami, while also providing those impactful moments that the best DPs must.

In his debut, he took four shots against LAFC and completed 79% of his passes. He was the most fouled player on the pitch thanks to his slaloming dribbling. A week later, he scored Miami’s first-ever goal, completed 83% of his passes, created two chances, and was head and shoulders clear of every player on show. Pizarro will be one of the best players in MLS this season.

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