Kai McKenzie Lyle is an 18-year-old goalie who plays for Barnet in England's League 2. He made his international debut Saturday for Guyana against Suriname. He scored.
Although Guyana lost that match 3-2 and their other match of the international break 4-2 to Jamaica, knocking them out of the Carribbean Cup, what a moment!
Here's McKenzie-Lyle describing the moment on Barnet's website:
Think about this number: 8.1 seconds. Chances are, your car goes zero to 60 slower than that, but that's how long it took Christian Benteke, who is not renowned for his speed, to score against Gibraltar.
Benteke's goal is the fastest goal in World Cup qualifying history, scored against a team that features just a few true professional soccer players. It just came together perfectly, although if you had asked us who would score the fastest goal in World Cup qualifying history, we would not have picked Christian Benteke. Good for him.
Cristiano Ronaldo added to his four-goal tally against Andorra on Friday by scoring a belter against the Faroe Islands. Portugal finished their October World Cup qualifiers by defeating their opponents by a combined scoreline of 12-0.
For Ronaldo, he’s now scored 40 goals in 43 games for club in country during 2016. He’s almost a certainty to win the FIFA WOrld Player of the Year following his triumph with Real Madrid in the Champions League and Portugal at Euro 2016.
In a match between the Netherlands and Belarus, the Spartak Moscow striker Quincy Promes drew first blood with a quadruple nutmeg goal in the 14th minute. This was the first of two first half goals from the young winger, and his first ever goal for his country.
It appears that the Netherlands have a never ending supply of fast wingers, as Quincy Promes' value continues to rise.