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Folarin Balogun needed just two starts to build excitement for the future when he scored his first goal for the United States men’s national team in Las Vegas on Sunday. There’s no better place to score your first goal than against the red, white and blue’s new main rival in a final. Balogun is having a strong season in Ligue 1 at Reims, scoring 21 goals, and is now holding onto that form with the national team.
It was a classic Balogun goal. The USMNT caught Canada in transition with Gio Reyna riding on the Canadian’s back line. Balogun made a run between the centre-back and right-back and Reyna slipped a perfectly weighted pass for him to get home. The goal gave the USMNT a 2–0 lead.
After anticipation built up for Balogun to join the team, the hype train has now exited the building in good spirits in pursuit of this goal. Only time will tell if Balogun can prove to be the reliable striker and dreaded goal scorer the team has been missing as of late, but it certainly can’t hurt to get off to a good start against Canada. With the team progressing through the Nations League, it won’t be long before he gets a trophy if he can keep the scoring streak going.
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