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Kei Kamara, second-leading all-time MLS scorer, retires at age 41

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Kei Kamara, second-leading all-time MLS scorer, retires at age 41

A day that seemed like it would never come for American soccer fans is here: Veteran MLS forward Kei Kamara is retiring from soccer.

The 41-year-old has been a constant in American soccer since he signed his first professional contract with the Columbus Crew in 2006. While he made detours to Norwich City, Middlesbrough and Finnish club HIFK, Kamara spent most of the next two decades suiting up for various MLS teams. He retires as the league’s second all-time leading scorer, bagging 147 goals in the regular season for a dozen teams.

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“I never played for just one crest,” Kamara said in a video posted to social media announcing the decision. “I played for the love of the game, and the places it carried me.”

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Major League Soccer tifos through the years

April 4, 2026: Atlanta United fans display a tifo before a game against the Columbus Crew at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Columbus won the game, 3-1.

Those places included Kansas City, where the video was filmed and where Kamara scored 38 goals for a team that was known as the Wizards when he arrived and Sporting Kansas City where he left; Columbus, where he had his best single season with 22 goals and eight assists plus four playoff goals in 2015; and Los Angeles, where at age 40 he scored to help LAFC win the U.S. Open Cup.

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