Gareth Bale, first player in World Cup history to score against Team USA and play in MLS

US & Wales selection equalized in their 2022 World Cup debut in Qatar, leaving us with a 1-1 final score, but that’s not all because Major League Soccer LAFC player Gareth Bale entered the history books by scoring against Team USA.

This was reported by the Spanish sports journalist Mr. Chip on social networks. “Gareth Bale is the first MLS player to score a US goal in ALL World Cup history”— said the journalist in the social network.

Goal scored from a penalty This meant more than just Gareth Bale, as the Welsh native who successfully performed at Real Madrid and was the champion of MLS he also had two more milestones.

This was motivated by the fact that, according to the journalist, every World Cup since the inception of MLS has had at least one World Cup scorer in the American League.being the first goal scored in 1998, while in this 2022, it was he who took care of this.

Since the inception of MLS in 1996 in all World Cups, at least one goal has been scored by a North American Championship player. (1 in 1998, 5 in 2002, 1 in 2006, 3 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 2 in 2018 and 1 in 2022),” wrote Mr. Chip on Twitter.

Finally, the same source mentioned explained how it took Wales 64 years to score in the most important competition in the world at national team level, as the last goal registered for Selection was Terry Medwin vs. Hungary in 1958

“It took Wales 64 years to score again in the World Cup (the last Welsh goal in the tournament was against Hungary in 1958 by Terry Medwin). This is the longest wait for any team to score again in a World Cup,” he wrote on social media.

Without a doubt, this is one of the things that puts Welsh Express where he was when he was considered one of the most important strikers and compared to other important strikers in international football.