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Just a few days after a historic record, a Borussia Dortmund talent has already lost the title of youngest goalscorer in US history again.

A BVB talent has had to give up his title as the youngest goalscorer in US history just days after claiming it. In the USA’s game against Mexico, Cavan Sullivan scored his first goal for the national team, taking the record away from Mathis Albert. At 17 years and five days old, Cavan Sullivan is now the youngest goalscorer in US history. Mathis Albert came on in the 88th minute.

Just a few days earlier, Mathis Albert himself had made headlines. In the US national team’s 4-2 win over Chile in St. Louis, the Borussia Dortmund attacker scored the celebrated final goal in stoppage time and set a new age record in the process: at 17 years, four months and eight days old, he overtook Christian Pulisic as the previous record-holder, who had scored his first international goal at the age of 17 years, eight months and 11 days.

The weekend before, Mathis Albert had already made his senior debut for the USA against Peru and won a penalty just minutes after coming on. Against Chile, the youngster again started on the bench before coach Mauricio Pochettino brought him on in the 71st minute with the score at 2-2. Just a minute later, Chris Richards first restored the USA’s lead before Mathis Albert added his historic goal in the closing stages. After a cross from the left, he acrobatically sent the ball in off the underside of the bar, from where it bounced just behind the goal line. Referee Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina only confirmed the goal after a brief hesitation with the help of goal-line technology.

Before that, the hosts had been involved in a wild game. Sebastian Berhalter initially gave the USA the lead in the 37th minute before Diego Ulloa equalized shortly before halftime. After the break, Maximiliano Gutiérrez even turned the game in Chile’s favor. Julian Hall equalized in only his second international appearance with his second goal, becoming the youngest US player to score in each of his first two appearances at the age of 18 years, six months and five days. Speaking to “TNT Sports,” Julian Hall described the evening like this: “It was great to be out there with some fantastic players.” After the match, coach Mauricio Pochettino also generally praised the trust that the USA’s own talents deserved.

BVB talent Mathis Albert now only No. 2 in the USA

The fact that this particular record lasted only such a short time shows just how much talent is currently emerging in US youth football. With Cavan Sullivan, another name is now stepping into the spotlight, having already pushed Mathis Albert’s still-fresh entry out of the history books.

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For Mathis Albert himself, the moment against Chile still remains an important milestone in his young career. At BVB, he is currently still waiting for more playing time: this season, the attacker has made just one competitive appearance so far, but he already impressed in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against HEBC. Coach Niko Kovač then held out the prospect of more minutes for him, but another appearance has yet to come. After his strong performances for the USA, the pressure on the BVB coach is now likely to grow to give the youngster another chance soon — even if the record as the youngest goalscorer in US history has now passed to another player once again.

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