'That's my secret' — Hernández tells all after historic night in Columbus | OneFootball

Cucho Hernández has officially etched his name into the Columbus Crew record-books after a brace against the Philadelphia Union Saturday evening.

The Colombian now has 19 goals and 13 assists on the season with one match remaining, setting a new goal contribution mark for a Crew player with 32, breaking Stern John's record of 31 in the 1998 season.

After making history against the Union, the former Watford man revealed the 'secret' to his success for the Black and Gold.

“I believe in me too much," he said. "I believe in me. That's my secret. I always try. If you see me in the game, I always try things. I miss four or five balls, but the next ball, I do an assist, or I do a goal.

"I try to say to my teammates, 'We need to try something different because, yes, the other teams know us too much now and we need to try and that's my way to play.' I'm so proud of that, and I'm working to better every day. And that's the goal.”

Not only did Cucho make history, but the Crew themselves continued to the outshine the great teams of the past, hitting the 60-point mark in the regular season for the first time in club history. But head coach Wilfried Nancy believe there is still higher heights to reach.

“You know me with my sentence: ‘It's an infinite game,'" Nancy said. "It doesn't stop. There is all the time something that we can improve.

"The idea is for me to open my big eyes and see what I can use again to challenge the players. As a human being, life is about challenges. It's about trying to achieve something and try to do something that we don't know and try to get better about everything.

"Obviously, I know that they want to win, but what can we do to help them to win? This is the idea."

With second in the Eastern Conference all wrapped up, the Crew will turn their attention to the real prize —defending MLS Cup.