It’s a great start to the 2024/25 season for Timothy Weah as the USMNT winger scored his first-ever goal in Serie A for Juventus. The American winger started the debut match of the Juventus season against Como and scored the team’s second goal a few minutes before the end of the first half, as Thiago Motta’s side took an early lead in their debut against the new promoted team. by Cesc Fabregas.
Motta made some surprising choices as the Bianconeri started with debutant Samuel Mbangula, who also scored the opening goal of the match and played alongside Weah, Kenan Yildiz and Dusan Vlahovic in attack. Weah became the 13th USMNT player to score a goal in more than one of Europe’s top five leagues and the first to do so in both Ligue 1 and Serie A, according to Opta.
The Italian manager also decided to recall USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie to the squad after being left out of the project for the entire pre-season tour. McKennie, unlike others such as Italian winger Federico Chiesa, reached the squad list ahead of the match against Como and started on the bench. Weah and McKennie can now finally hope for a new era at Juventus.
