Three Americans scored in Europe's top five leagues on the same day for the first time in 15 years — since the father of one of the trio was among the U.S. players to score.
Gio Reyna scored his second Bundesliga goal in Borussia Dortmund's 1-1 tie at Eintracht Frankurt on Saturday. Weston McKennie got his first goal for Juventus in a 2-1 victory over city rival Torino in Italy's Serie A, and Christian Pulisic scored his first goal this season in Chelsea's 3-1 Premier League win over Leeds.
Reyna, the 18-year-old son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna and American women's player Danielle Egan, scored
McKennie, a 22-year-old from Little Elm, Texas, in his first season with Juventus, scored a tying goal on a
Pulisic, a 22-year-old from Hershey, Pennsylvania, scored Chelsea's final goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time, on a
The previous time three Americans scored in Europe's top five leagues was on Aug. 27, 2005, according to Opta. Fulham's Brian McBride scored in a 1-0 win over Everton, Manchester City's Claudio Reyna scored the first goal in a 2-1 victory over Portsmouth, and Eintracht Frankurt's Jermaine Jones scored in a 1-0 win over Nuremberg.
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