Columbus Crew SC's Federico Higuain joins MLS 50-50 club

Alicia Rodriguez

Federico Higuain made history on Saturday in Columbus Crew SC's 3-1 win over D.C. United, becoming the 19th player in MLS history to notch at least 50 goals and 50 assists in regular season play.

Higuain, who hit 50 goals on March 10, crossed the 50-assist threshold in his MLS career in the 40th minute against D.C. United, hitting the corner kick that was headed in by Ricardo Clark (watch above). Higuain then added another assist just two minutes later to take him to 51 all-time.

The only other currently active player in the 50-50 club at present is another Argentine, Portland Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri.

Here's Pipa's crucial assist:

MLS's 50-goal, 50-assist club

Rank	Players	G	A
1	Landon Donovan	145	136
2	Jeff Cunningham	134	70
3	Jaime Moreno	133	102
4	Ante Razov	114	66
5	Jason Kreis	108	74
6	Dwayne De Rosario	104	77
7	Brian McBride	80	52
8	Preki	79	112
9	Steve Ralston	76	135
10	Ronald Cerritos	71	57
11	Cobi Jones	70	91
12	Mark Chung	61	76
13	Clint Mathis	61	52
14	Brad Davis	57	123
15	Sebastien Le Toux	59	57
16	Chris Henderson	51	80
17	Javier Morales	50	83
18	Diego Valeri	58	53
19	Federico Higuain	50	51