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U.S. men’s soccer team star Gio Reyna did more than just punctuate the team’s 4-1 win with a sweet goal; he announced his wife’s pregnancy.
Reyna, 23, scored a trivela goal – a goal scored with the outside of a player’s foot – in the 98th minute, and then made his announcement during his celebration. He first covered his ears in celebration and was mobbed by his teammates.
After doing that, he scooped up the ball, and put it under his shirt and sucked on his thumb, something soccer players have done to announce their spouses’ pregnancy.
“My wife’s pregnant,” Reyna said postgame, according to The Athletic.
“I’ve known for a couple months now,” Reyna said, “so I was waiting for the perfect time (to announce the pregnancy). And this sort of felt like it.”
While Reyna had known, the public found out for the first time during his celebration. He said that his parents, Claudio and Danielle, who were both former U.S. international soccer players, and his wife, Chloe, wanted him to shoot more and “be a bit selfish at times.”
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His selfishness paid off, as his trivela goal was the exclamation point on a triumphant start to the World Cup for the U.S. squad. Reyna said he didn’t make a conscious effort to score with the trivela technique and just did what felt right.
“These questions are always hard for me,” Reyna said. “Honestly, when I’m playing, I’m not really thinking. I’m just doing whatever felt natural. I was in a good area, and I got a good pass, and I just saw the angle, far post.”
U.S. head coach Mauricio Pochettino was so fired up that he ran off the sideline to join Reyna’s goal celebration.
The U.S. will look to build on its strong start against Australia next Friday at 3 p.m. ET.
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