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| Julian Green becomes first American player to score for Bayern Munich Julian Green becomes first American player to score for Bayern Munich | |
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| US international Julian Green became the first American to score a goal for Bayern Munich in a competitive match in Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Augsburg in the second round of the German Cup. | US international Julian Green became the first American to score a goal for Bayern Munich in a competitive match in Wednesday’s 3-1 victory over Augsburg in the second round of the German Cup. |
| Green, making his first start for the German champions since December, headed home a cross from Thomas Müller in the 41st minute to lift the hosts to a 2-0 lead. | Green, making his first start for the German champions since December, headed home a cross from Thomas Müller in the 41st minute to lift the hosts to a 2-0 lead. |
| ⚽ 🇺🇸 GOAL! Julian Green does incredibly well to direct Müller's cross past the Augsburg keeper and put Bayern up 2-0 heading into halftime pic.twitter.com/OBru1clzEs | ⚽ 🇺🇸 GOAL! Julian Green does incredibly well to direct Müller's cross past the Augsburg keeper and put Bayern up 2-0 heading into halftime pic.twitter.com/OBru1clzEs |
| It’s been a productive month for Green, who was called up for the US national team’s friendlies against Cuba and New Zealand and scored in both matches. The purple patch in form will no doubt catch the eye of Jürgen Klinsmann as he makes his selections for next month’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica. | It’s been a productive month for Green, who was called up for the US national team’s friendlies against Cuba and New Zealand and scored in both matches. The purple patch in form will no doubt catch the eye of Jürgen Klinsmann as he makes his selections for next month’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica. |
| Green’s previous goals for the club had come in reserve matches and preseason friendlies. | Green’s previous goals for the club had come in reserve matches and preseason friendlies. |
| Philipp Lahm had opened the scoring for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the second minute. Ji Dong-won’s goal for Augsburg made it 2-1 in the 68th, but David Alaba tightly angled strike in the late stages sealed Bayern’s passage to the last 16. | Philipp Lahm had opened the scoring for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in the second minute. Ji Dong-won’s goal for Augsburg made it 2-1 in the 68th, but David Alaba tightly angled strike in the late stages sealed Bayern’s passage to the last 16. |