Coming into the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Malik Tillman had solely scored as soon as in his first 19 appearances for the U.S. males’s nationwide workforce.
He’s now scored 3 times in as many video games on the event, placing him within the working because the event’s prime goalscorer with the USMNT subsequent taking over Costa Rica within the quarterfinals.
Tillman has been a breakout star for the USMNT on the Gold Cup, which has solidified his case for being in subsequent 12 months’s World Cup squad for Mauricio Pochettino.
“What a gifted participant. I’m so happy with him. So happy. He’s a beautiful man, and he’s began to seek out himself. The workforce is significantly better when he’s concerned within the recreation,” Pochettino stated about Tillman after scoring within the USMNT’s 2-1 win over Haiti.
Malik Tillman has three targets in three video games for the U.S. (Photograph by Omar Vega/Getty Photos)
However to win the Golden Boot, Tillman might want to overcome Panama’s Ismael Diaz, who has 5 targets because of a hat trick in opposition to Jamaica. He’ll have an opportunity so as to add extra to his tally with Panama taking over Mexico within the quarterfinals.
Right here’s how the race for the Gold Cup Golden Boot is shaking out. It’s also possible to discover full stats right here:
| Rank | Participant | Nation | Targets | Assists |
| 1 | Ismael Díaz | Panama | 5 | 0 |
| T-2 | Manfred Ugalde | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 |
| T-2 | Malik Tillman | USA | 3 | 0 |
| T-2 | César Montes | Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| T-2 | Tajon Buchanan | Canada | 3 | 0 |
| T-2 | Tomás Rodríguez | Panama | 3 | 0 |
Who has scored essentially the most Gold Cup targets ever?
Landon Donovan has essentially the most targets scored ever in Gold Cup historical past. With 18 targets throughout six editions of the event performed, he leads fellow U.S. legend Clint Dempsey (15 targets in 5 tournaments) within the all-time desk. Two former Mexico greats (Luis Roberto ‘Zaguinho’ Alves and Andres Guardado) have 12 targets apiece. Panama’s Blas Perez rounds out the top-five with 11 targets.
Who has scored essentially the most Gold Cup targets in a single event?
Luis Roberto ‘Zaguinho’ Alves scored an unimaginable 11 targets on the 1993 Gold Cup. Seven of these got here in a 9-0 win over Martinique. Three gamers are tied in second place with seven targets in a single event – Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (2011), Clint Dempsey (2015), and Jesus Ferreira (2023).
Who’re the all-time USMNT purpose scorers?
Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey are co-leaders on the all-time U.S. listing (57 targets). Jozy Altidore (42), Eric Wynalda (34), and Christian Pulisic (32) spherical out the highest 5 on the listing.
Pulisic, who’s sitting out the 2025 Gold Cup, is the one energetic participant on the top-10 listing for the U.S. males’s workforce.
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