Sixteen-year-old Chase Adams reached an incredible milestone for the United States and broke Erling Haaland's international goalscoring record in the process.
Adams led the way for the U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team in their astonishing 22–0 victory against the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers. The forward scored 10 goals (six before halftime) and etched his name in the Stars and Stripes' history books.
Not only did Adams bag the most goals by any U.S. Soccer player in a World Cup qualifying match, but he also surpassed Haaland's record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup qualifying match at any level. Haaland had previously found the back of the net nine times in Norway's 12–0 victory over Honduras at the U-20 World Cup in 2020.






