How many of the first 16 MLS games did Gyasi Zardes play in 2018?

Gyasi Zardes played in all 16 of Columbus Crew’s first 16 MLS games in 2018.

That early availability was part of an outstanding comeback season for the forward. Zardes had moved from the LA Galaxy to Columbus before the 2018 campaign, joining a Crew side that used him as a central attacking player. He started every one of his regular-season appearances for Columbus that year.

Zardes finished the 2018 MLS regular season with 33 appearances, all starts, and 19 goals. The scoring total was a career high and helped him earn MLS Comeback Player of the Year honors. His production also made him Columbus’s leading scorer and one of the league’s most prominent American forwards.

The number in this question refers to games played, not goals, starts, or minutes. Those categories can be confused in soccer statistics: a player may appear as a substitute without starting, while a full-season appearance total includes matches beyond the opening stretch. In Zardes’s 2018 case, the first 16-game answer is especially straightforward because he was a regular starter throughout the season.