Jesús Ferreira, samarium, personality and leading scorer for the United States in the Gold Cup

03/07/2023

Jesus David Ferreira, son of former América player de Cali and his namesake Unión Magdalena, is the great figure for the United States in the currently-played Gold Cup in which the North Americans lead the group and are undefeated.

Jesus David scored two goals hat trick With his team and established himself as the top scorer of the tournament, after the United States defeated Trinidad and Tobago and St. Kitts and Nevis, both 6-0.

Against the latter, Samarium, born on December 24, 2000, he scored in the 16th, 25th and 50th minutes, while against Trinidad he did in the 14th, 38th and 48th, the latter from the penalty spot.

The gunner was born in Santa Marta and lived his entire childhood on American soil, since his father, David, was signed by FC Dallas. When his father decided to return to Colombia, the young man stayed there with his mother and started the entire sporting process in that country.

Ferrera has already made his debut for the United States in the World Cup, and he did it in Qatar 2022, in the match against the Netherlands, in which he played 45 minutes. The Americans advanced to the Round of 16.

In 2016 he signed with Dallas, and in 2019 he signed a contract with the Tulsa Roughnecks and is currently back with Dallas playing in the American League.

In his career he has made five tackles hat trickSeptember 4, 2019 with Tulsa at 4-4 vs. Tacoma; The second was on March 20, 2022 in Dallas’ 4-1 win over Portland. In the same year, on June 11, he made his debut with the US national team against Grenada in a League of Nations match, which they won 5-1. The two finalists are proper in the Gold Cup, which were reached on June 28 and July 2, respectively, and have already been reviewed.

As a professional, Ferreira has scored 52 goals in the domestic leagues and 15 goals in the national team of which he has been a member since 2020, first with the U-23 and since 2021 in the first team.

On the other hand, Luis Fernando Suarez from Antioquia is not having a good time with Costa Rica, in two matches he suffered the same number of defeats and was the last in his group. Martinique is measured on Tuesday.