“I don’t know if he’s already inside the locker room or not. He might still be crowd surfing out there, but he deserves it. There’s a lot more to come from him, and it’s just the beginning.”
Those were Julian Gressel’s words, but they summed up the feelings in the Atlanta United locker room following George Bello’s Golden Spike-winning performance on Saturday against New England. In just his second start for the first team, the 16-year-old Homegrown scored the opening goal of the night, marking his first for the club and becoming the sixth-youngest player to score in MLS history.