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U.S. men’s soccer squad prima Gio Reyna did much than conscionable punctuate nan team’s 4-1 triumph pinch a saccharine goal; he announced his wife’s pregnancy.
Reyna, 23, scored a trivela extremity – a extremity scored pinch nan extracurricular of a player’s ft – successful nan 98th minute, and past made his announcement during his celebration. He first covered his ears successful ceremony and was mobbed by his teammates.
After doing that, he scooped up nan ball, and put it nether his garment and sucked connected his thumb, thing shot players person done to denote their spouses' pregnancy.
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Giovanni Reyna of nan United States celebrates scoring pinch teammate Weston McKennie during nan 2nd half against Paraguay successful a FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D lucifer astatine Los Angeles Stadium successful Los Angeles, California, connected June 12, 2026. (Shaun Clark/ISI Photos)
"My wife’s pregnant," Reyna said postgame, according to The Athletic.
"I’ve known for a mates months now," Reyna said, "so I was waiting for nan cleanable clip (to denote nan pregnancy). And this benignant of felt for illustration it."
While Reyna had known, nan nationalist recovered retired for nan first clip during his celebration. He said that his parents, Claudio and Danielle, who were some erstwhile U.S. world shot players, and his wife, Chloe, wanted him to sprout much and "be a spot selfish astatine times."
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United States' Giovanni Reyna celebrates aft scoring his team's 4th extremity during nan World Cup Group D lucifer against Paraguay successful Inglewood, Calif., connected June 12, 2026. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
His selfishness paid off, arsenic his trivela extremity was nan exclamation constituent connected a triumphant commencement to nan World Cup for nan U.S. squad. Reyna said he didn’t make a conscious effort to people pinch nan trivela method and conscionable did what felt right.
"These questions are ever difficult for me," Reyna said. "Honestly, erstwhile I’m playing, I’m not really thinking. I’m conscionable doing immoderate felt natural. I was successful a bully area, and I sewage a bully pass, and I conscionable saw nan angle, acold post."
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United States' Giovanni Reyna is congratulated by teammates aft scoring nan 4th extremity during nan World Cup Group D lucifer against Paraguay successful Inglewood, Calif., connected June 12, 2026. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
U.S. caput coach Mauricio Pochettino was truthful fired up that he ran disconnected nan sideline to subordinate Reyna’s extremity celebration.
The U.S. will look to build connected its beardown commencement against Australia adjacent Friday astatine 3 p.m. ET.
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