{"id":80300,"date":"2025-11-17T05:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/reyna-resurges-goal-and-assist-in-usmnt-victory-over-paraguay-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T05:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:12:58","slug":"reyna-resurges-goal-and-assist-in-usmnt-victory-over-paraguay-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/reyna-resurges-goal-and-assist-in-usmnt-victory-over-paraguay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reyna Resurges: Goal and Assist in USMNT Victory Over Paraguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gio Reyna Resurges with Brace in USMNT Victory<\/h2>\n\nAfter 503 days without being a starter with the US national team and 602 days without scoring, Gio Reyna shone in the USMNT&#8217;s 2-1 friendly victory against Paraguay. The match, played on a cold night outside of Philadelphia, marked an important step forward for Reyna in his quest to secure a place in his second consecutive World Cup.\n\nReyna&#8217;s performance was even more remarkable considering the few minutes he has had with Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach this season. However, the confidence of coach Mauricio Pochettino, who informed Reyna on Friday that he would be a starter, was quickly rewarded.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>USMNT player evaluation:<\/strong> Reyna impresses with 9\/10 on his return.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How the USMNT combats jet lag:<\/strong> Flight kits, supplements, and sleep masks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How Roldan went from a USMNT &#8220;second-stringer&#8221; to Pochettino&#8217;s favorite.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nIn the fourth minute, after a corner, Reyna headed in a cross from Max Arfsten. In addition, he was involved in the play that culminated in the winning goal in the 75th minute, when his pass was deflected and reached Folarin Balogun, who scored to secure the victory.\n\nThis goal was Reyna&#8217;s ninth with the national team, surpassing his father Claudio on the USMNT&#8217;s all-time scoring list.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I had no idea,&#8221; Reyna said about surpassing his father. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know how many goals he had, so I was happy to score, happy to be back. I sent him some messages after the game, but he was happy for me, so it&#8217;s nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<cite>Gio Reyna<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he made a mistake in the play of Paraguay&#8217;s goal, Reyna&#8217;s performance was outstanding. He played 75 minutes, his longest time in a match since December 2024. His lack of minutes with Gladbach is due to an injury and his adaptation to the new club, but the support of the coaching staff has been fundamental in his recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel very good, valued, important, ready to play. Mentally, that allows you to play better on the field,&#8221; Reyna added about his current moment.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Gio Reyna<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1116%2Fr1576165_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gio Reyna celebrated his return to the USMNT with a goal and an assist in the 2-1 victory against Paraguay.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\nCoach Pochettino acknowledged the importance of Reyna improving his game with his club, but praised his performance in the match. The USMNT, with a squad with important absences, demonstrated its ability to compete, pressing Paraguay until achieving victory.\n\nThe next challenge for the USMNT will be against Uruguay, a team known for its physical play. Reyna, with renewed confidence, will seek to prove that he is back to stay.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gio Reyna Resurges with Brace in USMNT Victory After 503 days without being a starter with the US national team and 602 days without scoring, Gio Reyna shone in the USMNT&#8217;s 2-1 friendly victory against Paraguay. The match, played on a cold night outside of Philadelphia, marked an important step forward for Reyna in his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5913,6740,2075,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-80300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-gio-reyna","9":"tag-paraguay","10":"tag-usmnt","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}