U.S. men’s national team star midfielder Giovanni Reyna dazzled in his debut with new club side Strasbourg of French Ligue 1, a much-needed reset for the 23-year-old.
Reyna came on at halftime at St. James’ Park in Sunday’s friendly against Newcastle United as his side was already down 1–0. Just past the hour mark, the American facilitated Strasbourg’s equalizer, playing a quick forward pass to Gessime Yassine inside the box, who easily buried the ball into the upper corner of the net. Reyna simply threw his arms up with pride after the play, which wound up being all the French team needed to push the game into a penalty shootout, which it won, 3–2.
