The U.S. males’s nationwide group has had a number of lethal attacking ahead in its historical past with Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan main the best way, nevertheless it was a brand new identify that made historical past on Sunday evening in a dominant Concacaf Gold Cup victory over Trinidad & Tobago.

Jesus Ferreira continued his rampant goalscoring kind at Financial institution of America Stadium, scoring a hat trick for a second-consecutive match in a 6-0 Group A victory. The 22-year-old turned the primary USMNT participant to register back-to-back hat methods in federation historical past, giving him six objectives in three appearances this event.

Not solely has Ferreira been key in serving to the People rebound from a gap evening draw vs. Jamaica, however he’s scoring in many alternative methods atop B.J. Callaghan’s assault.

“I’m blissful. I’m excited,” Ferreira mentioned postmatch. “Clearly, this can be a group goal. I wouldn’t have the ability to rating objectives with out my teammates placing me in conditions the place I can rating objectives.

“So, from the start, we knew that this recreation was going to be intense. Now we have to deliver the depth, we have now to be the group that may set the tempo and I believe we did that.”

Ferreira entered the event with eight objectives in 18 USMNT caps, however now has eclipsed the double-digit mark by taking his purpose complete as much as 14. The FC Dallas product scored his six objectives on 12 complete photographs within the group stage, exhibiting his medical skill to fit away possibilities within the field.

Each Ferreira and fellow striker Brandon Vazquez entered the Gold Cup in search of to spice up their inventory following the constructive Nations League performances of Folarin Balogun and Ricardo Pepi in June. The duo have mixed for eight of the USMNT’s 13 objectives via 270 minutes to this point, with Ferreira holding the sting after beginning all three matches.

The USMNT will now have every week off earlier than going through the runners-up of Group D within the Gold Cup quarterfinals, which may very well be both Guadeloupe, Guatemala, or Canada pending Tuesday’s closing outcomes. Ferreira will probably be anticipated to ship extra within the closing few matches, however general Callaghan is happy with what he’s dropped at the desk.

“All forwards are going to be judged by the objectives that they rating, initially. After I see his motion and his confidence within the penalty field, you may inform that the sport has slowed down for him,” Callaghan mentioned. “The entire work that he’s doing, main our line defensively, dropping down, serving to buildup play, for me he’s having a very full event.”