Sergiño Dest's first goal for Barcelona was a go-ahead strike on the European stage.
Sergiño Dest's first goal in a Barcelona shirt came on the Champions League stage.
The U.S. men's national team fullback scored the go-ahead goal for Barcelona at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday, giving his shorthanded side a 1-0 lead.
Playing without the rested Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong and the injured Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto, Barcelona turned to the Dutch-American for its breakthrough. Dest surged forward on the right side of the box and tucked a shot inside the far post for the 52nd-minute finish.
In scoring, Dest became the first U.S. international to tally a goal for Barcelona. It was just his third first-team goal as a professional (the other two came in the KNVB Beker Dutch cup competition), and it could be the goal that secures Barcelona's place in the last 16. Barça would go through with two games to spare with a win. Martin Braithwaite, who assisted Dest's goal, scored an insurance strike for Barcelona soon after.
Dest wasn't the only American in a Barcelona shirt on Tuesday, with Konrad de la Fuente on the bench.