Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio grabbed headlines across the soccer world with a stunning free kick on Saturday night, sparking an emotional and entertaining 3-2 win over Houston Dynamo FC as Children's Mercy Park welcomed its first full-capacity crowd in almost 15 months.
Busio's strike came one day after his 19th birthday—offering a prompt reminder of his status as a rising MLS star—but the fact of the matter is this: the talented midfielder is no stranger to jaw-dropping golazos.
A native of North Carolina, Busio moved to Kansas City in 2016 to join the Sporting KC Academy and lived with a host family through a program currently supported by the Audi Goals Drive Progress initiative.