{"id":34595,"date":"2026-06-20T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/erling-haaland-the-third-world-cup-star-to-break-folarin-baloguns-usmnt-record-in-four-days\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:17:00","slug":"erling-haaland-the-third-world-cup-star-to-break-folarin-baloguns-usmnt-record-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/erling-haaland-the-third-world-cup-star-to-break-folarin-baloguns-usmnt-record-in-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland the third World Cup star to break Folarin Balogun\u2019s USMNT record in four days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/norway\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Norway;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Norway&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway<\/a> waited 28 years to get back to the World Cup, and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/1734953\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erling Haaland;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Erling Haaland&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erling Haaland<\/a> needed less than half an hour to take over.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/man-city\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Manchester City;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Manchester City&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> striker scored twice on his tournament debut on Tuesday, powering Norway to a 4-1 win over Iraq in Boston. They were the first World Cup goals of his career, at a tournament Norway had not reached since 1998 \u2014 two years before Haaland was even born.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>What he may not have known is that he was joining a small and fast-growing club. Three other players had already scored twice on their own World Cup debuts in the previous four days, and Haaland made it four.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Photo by Patrick Smith \u2013 FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.vDV9zW4MzYn.gIV1NComA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hitc_articles_832\/092eacab72dbfdf89d4b9f1eb180d2f0\" title=\"\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Photo by Patrick Smith \u2013 FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Erling Haaland the latest to repeat <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/1676507\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Folarin Balogun;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Folarin Balogun&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folarin Balogun<\/a> World Cup feat<\/h2>\n<p>The run started on Friday, when Folarin Balogun scored twice for the United States in a statement win over <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/paraguay-women\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paraguay;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Paraguay&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraguay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/sweden-women\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sweden;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sweden&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweden<\/a>\u2019s <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/3908794\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yasin Ayari;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yasin Ayari&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yasin Ayari<\/a> did the same on his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:World Cup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;World Cup&quot;}\" class=\"link \">World Cup<\/a> appearance. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Zealand;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Zealand&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand<\/a>\u2019s <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/1937454\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elijah Just;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Elijah Just&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elijah Just<\/a> followed on Monday, and then came Haaland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/erling-haaland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Haaland;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Haaland&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Haaland<\/a> is comfortably the biggest name of the four, and he did not need long. He tapped in inside 29 minutes, then nipped in front of a hesitant Iraq defender to restore Norway\u2019s lead just before halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Asked afterward whether he was now the world\u2019s best goalscorer, the 25-year-old was measured.<\/p>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/49092315\/erling-haaland-world-cup-best-goalscorer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ESPN&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ESPN<\/a>: \u201cI would say I\u2019m up there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then pointed out that he had not even scored the most goals in club football this past season, concluding: \u201c<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/375006\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harry Kane;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Harry Kane&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Kane<\/a> and [Kylian] <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/soccer\/players\/3893765\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mbapp\u00e9;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mbapp\u00e9&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> scored more goals than me and that\u2019s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While that may be true, there are many who would claim the Norwegian is the most natural, lethal goalscorer at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>His coach, Stale Solbakken, had fewer reservations, saying the occasion \u201cwasn\u2019t too big for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Is any?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norway waited 28 years to get back to the World Cup, and Erling Haaland needed less than half an hour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_ocaKJvmKoYAvAluIJRO_A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDM7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hitc_articles_832\/ed1d7b9299335caa1eafbb1c0aa65e63","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}