Gio Reyna entered October’s U.S. males’s nationwide crew window needing a confidence increase and after a Man of the Match exhibiting towards Ghana on Tuesday night time, the 20-year-old will probably be flying excessive as he returns to Borussia Dortmund.
Reyna made his second-consecutive begin on Tuesday, registering his first worldwide brace within the USMNT’s 4-0 pleasant victory over Ghana at Geodis Park. It marked the primary worldwide goalscoring efficiency for Reyna in over 28 months, snapping his goal-less drought and serving to Gregg Berhalter’s squad rebound in an enormous manner on residence soil.
After lacking Borussia Dortmund’s opening 9 matches of the season, Reyna made his season debut on Oct. 7 previous to the worldwide break. Now with 90 minutes below his belt and two USMNT objectives, the attacking midfielder will probably be keen to hold that kind over into Dortmund’s subsequent seven matches earlier than the Concacaf Nations League quarterfinals.
“Gio bought two objectives and, apart from the objectives, it was how he brings gamers into the assault, how he is ready to be calm on the ball,” Berhalter stated postmatch about Reyna. “He offers us that calm and that poise that we’d like at instances, however then is decisive when making closing passes.”
Reyna’s pair of objectives in a 29-minute span helped kickstart and pad a USMNT benefit in Nashville on Tuesday night time. He opened the scoring with a scientific volley within the Ghana field after 10 minutes earlier than rifling a right-footed oblique free kick into the roof of the web simply six minutes earlier than halftime.
Though Reyna was substituted at halftime, he took a serious step ahead confidence-wise after a quiet exhibiting towards Germany on Saturday. Accidents have plagued Reyna’s membership and worldwide profession to this point, however Tuesday’s efficiency supplied one other glimpse of his long-term potential.
Reyna’s presence stays key for the USMNT going ahead and Borussia Dortmund supervisor Edin Terzic will definitely be happy with what he noticed this previous window.