"When I see his movement and his confidence in the penalty box, you can tell that the game has slowed down for him," U.S. Yeah, I've scored a lot of goals against Caribbean teams, but, like I said, my job is to score goals and I'm gonna do that no matter who's in front of us." What did the USMNT coach say?įerreira's history-making goal-scoring run might just be the start for a young player who has plenty of time to develop into a world-class striker. "For me, as a forward, it's always my job to score goals, to come in and try to score goals against whoever's in front of us. "I try to stay off social media as much as I can," Ferreira said after Sunday's win. Unfazed by the social media chatter surrounding the level of competition against whom he's scored many of his goals, Ferreira only seems concerned with putting the ball in the back of the net. Twelve of Ferreira’s 14 USMNT goals have been against Caribbean nations, and that success against those teams has earned the forward a new nickname, "The Pirate of the Caribbean." The whimsical nickname has caught on fast, as Fox Sports analyst (and former USMNT player) Stu Holden mentioned it on air during Sunday's win. Ferreira's first hat trick came against Grenada on June 10, 2022, when he scored four goals in a 5-0 win in Concacaf Nations League play. With his back-to-back hat tricks, Ferreira has joined Landon Donovan as the only American male players with three hat tricks. Kitts and Nevis, Ferreira became the fastest USMNT player to score 10 goals, doing so in 20 appearances the previous best was by Clint Mathis, who hit double-digit goals in 23 caps. Just four days prior, Ferreira scored three goals in the USMNT's 6-0 win over St. men's national soccer team history by recording a hat trick in consecutive games, providing the first three goals in a 6-0 demolition of Trinidad and Tobago in the Concacaf Gold Cup.
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