Over the past few years, Denis Bouanga would seemingly be a prime target for jet lag as he travels from Los Angeles to various African destinations to play for the Gabon national team.

Yet the main effect on LAFC ’s star attacker could be described as ‘inspiration.’

How else to describe his uncanny track record of high performance after long-haul travel? Two Septembers ago , in the opening months of his lavishly productive Black & Gold tenure, Bouanga logged a full 90 in Gabon’s 1-0 African Cup of Nations qualifying win over Sudan in Franceville on a Thursday, then boarded a flight to Istanbul, where after a three-hour layover, he caught a connection to LAX.

He landed on Saturday evening and reached BMO Stadium less than an hour before his club was scheduled to kick off an MLS mat

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