Accustomed to avoiding goals from rivals, but no stranger to scoring them. Furthermore, Alexander Callens entered the history of New York City of the United States by converting the goal of the first title of the ‘citizens’ and this Saturday the Peruvian defender returned to celebrate in the MLS.
Alexander Callens He was a starter in New York City that faced CF Montreal at Yankee Stadium for the third day of Major League Soccer 2022 and the central defender of the Peruvian National Team opened his team’s account by scoring a great goal.
About 7′, the American champion was already pressing to get ahead. After a center to the area, Talles Magno managed to comb the ball and the ‘chalaco’ appeared near the rival goal.
Alexander Callens volleyed in a powerful left-footed shot and sent the ball into the back of the net. First goal of the season for the 29-year-old defender, one of New York City’s figures in the historic 2021 campaign that ended with the title.
Great goal by Alexander Callens in the MLS
Alexander Callens opened the way to victory for New York City, which reaches 7 units in the MLS. Now, the sky-blue cast is getting ready for the second leg of the quarterfinals in the middle of the week against Comunicaciones for the Concacaf Champions League, where they won 3-1 in the first leg.
The following weekend he will hold one more match for the MLS and after that Alexander Callens will travel to Lima to join the training of the Peruvian National Team.
He was summoned by Ricardo Gareca for the decisive days of the Qualifiers against Uruguay and Paraguay, where the ‘bicolor’ will seek to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
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