Mathis Albert is considered one of the greatest talents from Borussia Dortmund's youth academy. The offensive youngster made his professional debut for BVB at just 16 years, 11 months and five days old and is already a regular part of the Bundesliga squad. These circumstances have also made the 17-year-old interesting for the German national football team. However, it was recently confirmed that Albert remains loyal to the US federation. For them, he has now made history.

BVB talent Mathis Albert has written himself into the history books of the US national football team. In the 4-2 victory of the US side against Chile in St. Louis, he scored the final goal of the match in injury time at the age of 17 years and four months, becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of the US national team.

Albert broke the record held by another player who also scored his first goal while playing for BVB: Christian Pulisic. Like Albert, Pulisic took his first professional steps with Borussia Dortmund before moving to Chelsea in 2019 and AC Milan in 2023. The 28-year-old now has 90 international caps (33 goals) to his name.

BVB shapes history of US side

Third place in the ranking is held by Juan Agudelo (17 years, 11 months, 25 days), followed by Giovanni Reyna, another former Dortmund player. Reyna scored for the US in 2020 while still with BVB at 18 years and three days old. In the 4-2 victory against Chile, the offensive player, who moved from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Racing Strasbourg in the summer, was also in the starting lineup.

The other US goals were scored by Sebastian Berhalter (37th minute), Julian Hall (51st) and Chris Richards (72nd). Diego Ulloa (45th) and Maximiliano Gutiérrez (49th) temporarily turned the match in Chile's favor.

Richards is also far from unknown in Germany. In the Bundesliga, he played for Bayern Munich and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. The 18-year-old Hall was linked with a move to Munich in March.

For the US, it was the second consecutive victory. On Saturday, September 26, they defeated Peru 4-1. Albert made his debut in that match and won the penalty that made it 2-1 at one point.