Gio Reyna passes father for international goals, then gets teased for scoring his first header

At first unaware he passed his father in career international goals two days past his 23rd birthday, Gio Reyna quickly got in touch with his dad after the final whistle.

“I sent a few texts teasing him,” Reyna said, smiling widely. “He was obviously happy for me that I passed him. I had no idea. He was more making fun of me, the fact that that was my first header I ever scored.”

Gio Reyna surpassed Claudio Reyna by scoring in his first international start in 16 months and then set up Folarin Balogun’s tiebreaking goal in the 71st minute to lead the United States over Paraguay 2-1 on Saturday night in a friendly between World Cup-bound teams that sparked a late brawl.

He remains the biggest enigma in American soccer.

A prodigy whose parents both played for the U.S., Reyna became the youngest American to appear in Bundesliga at