Jamie Squire / Getty ImagesJune 6, 2026 Updated 3:46 pm EDTSame stadium, same strike, 19 years apart.If Antonee Robinson’s stunning left-footed volley from distance against Germany on Saturday afternoon looked familiar to U.S. soccer fans, it’s because it should.In the 2007 Concacaf Gold Cup final, which, like Sunday, took place in front of a raucous crowd at Chicago’s Soldier Field, Benny Feilhaber unleashed one of the more spectacular and impactful goals in USMNT’s modern era. He won the continental competition for the U.S. with a left-footed volley from distance off a looping clearance putting rival Mexico to the sword.Fast forward to Saturday, and while the stakes may have been different, the result was eerily close to being the same.
With the U.S. trailing Germany 1-0 in the team’s send-off friendly for the World Cup, Christian Pulisic stepped to take a corner, from that same spot on the Soldier Field surface as the corner from where Feilhaber’s goal originated. The initial kick was cleared, but not beyond Robinson, who lined it up from the second it started heading in his direction. He stepped into it with gusto and unleashed a volley that left German goalkeeper Oliver Baumann with no chance and pulled the U.S. level.
