Starts: 📋 TEAM NEWS 📋Presented by @aphrodite1994, here's our first starting XI of 2020 🆚 @ftfc...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 1, 2020 17' CLOSE!Gooch lashes a left-footed effort over from just inside the 18-yard box.1-0 pic.twitter.com/TRcqQqTp7q— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 1, 2020
Starts: 🔴⚪️ TEAM NEWS ⚪️🔴Presented by @aphrodite1994, here is our starting XI 🆚 @LincolnCity_FC...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 4, 2020 And scores 2x: 23' Two goals in four minutes have put #SAFC in control of this game!The Lads pounce on a Lincoln mix up at the back and Gooch nods it home. Ha'way The Lads! 2-0 https://t.co/dmBYMR5Nx8— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 4, 2020 30' Gooch bags his second with the calmest of finishes! 👌The American gets played through on goal and simply strokes it past Vickers and into the far corner. 3-0 https://t.co/yOynUdfhi0— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 4, 2020
He's made a huge difference since returning from injury. Very lively, three goals in last two games. Best he's looked since the start of last season. Sunderland have been playing 3-4-2-1 the last four or five games. He's playing as one of the two, nominally on the left, but with free rein to go just about anywhere. Suits him well.
Years ago, Paul Arriola told me Lynden Gooch was built like a rugby player. That’s even more true now. He has a very different build as a soccer player. He has a low center of gravity and is very physically powerful ⏱️ From one end to the other in just 8⃣ seconds...Check out all the goals from our win over @LincolnCity_FC 👇— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 5, 2020
I got sent these pictures while I was at the match today. My 4 year old had made a playdough model of his favourite #safc player @LyndenGooch and what a game Gooch had today 2 goals and a motm performance pic.twitter.com/0qwvZiiwbA— Steph Charlton (@Stephburt21) January 4, 2020
Keep the little one making voodoo dolls and playing with them scoring lots of goals, please. Let her try her hand with some of our other players over there.
The highlights. His goals are back-to-back starting at 59 seconds (warning: very stylized highlights):
Starts: 🔴⚪️ TEAM NEWS ⚪️🔴Presented by @aphrodite1994, here's our starting XI today 🆚 @wwfcofficial...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 11, 2020 Gets an assist: 6' #SAFC HIT THE FRONT!@LyndenGooch unselfishly squares for @Charliewyke1 to touch home.Keep going, lads! 👊 https://t.co/4sWj89lIVC— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 11, 2020
The assist: Charlie Charlie Wyke @SunderlandAFC 1-0 pic.twitter.com/BEr9yPZmNQ— Carl Walsh (@Carl_Walsh33) January 11, 2020
Note to self - and all footie teams: Never hire first year film student to edit highlights again. Thanks.
Rare chance for many of us to actually watch a live Sunderland game on ESPN+: https://www.livesoccertv.com/schedules/2020-01-24/ I am eager to see Gooch play. As another huge bonus, Derby County will also be on ESPN+ the same day... I love watching Holmes play so I am really looking forward to it. What could be better?.... Well, Gio getting another appearance for BVB on Fox the same day. Could be a great day of football for US Intls.
Starts: 🚨 TONIGHT'S TEAM NEWS 🚨Presented by @aphrodite1994, here's how we line-up this evening...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 24, 2020 On ESPN+.
If any of you plan on watching this on ESPN+ replay... make sure you fast-forward to around the 50th minute. It is an absolute snooze-fest before that. Gooch turned it on around minute 50 and played pretty well until near the end when he gave a few balls away. Kind of looked like he was gassed by the 85th... but he had several noticeable passes/dribbles... Although none of it was remotely earth shattering.
Starts: 📋 TEAM NEWS 📋Presented by @aphrodite1994, here's how #SAFC start off tonight...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) January 29, 2020
Starts: 📋 TEAM NEWS 📋Presented by @aphrodite1994, #SAFC start off today like...— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) February 1, 2020