It hasn’t always been the case, but Lucas Zelarayan was every bit of the most valuable player candidate most around the league expected him to be this season on Wednesday night when the Crew were on the brink of elimination. The Crew’s attacking midfielder had undoubtedly his finest single moment this season in the 61st minute against Orlando City when he hit a screamer from just outside the top-right corner of the penalty area that hit the bottom of the crossbar in the far-left corner and came almost straight down for a sensational goal that gave the Crew a two-goal cushion. Zelarayan’s goal followed two assists from him in the first half in the Crew’s 3-2 victory over Orlando that was a significant improvement from a disheartening home loss to New York Red Bulls just four days earlier.