LONDON -- Saido Berahino, once one of the hottest young strikers in English football, ended a 2 1/2-year goal drought on Tuesday to help second-tier Stoke into the third round of the English League Cup at the expense of Premier League club Huddersfield.
The 25-year-old Berahino scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win as he tries to revive a career that stalled over the last couple of seasons.
He was called up for England in 2014 after showing prolific form for West Bromwich Albion, marking a remarkable rise for someone who fled war-torn Burundi at age 10 after learning to play football by using makeshift balls made from plastic bags and rolled-up socks.