Watch: Brad Davis scores for Houston Dynamo ahead of pre-World Cup camp

Brad Davis has frequently been on the fringes of Klinsmann's first-choice squad for the USMNT. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images) It's been quite a day for United

Liviu Bird | May 4, 2014

Watch: Brad Davis scores for Houston Dynamo ahead of pre-World Cup camp /

Brad Davis has frequently been on the fringes of Klinsmann's first-choice squad for the USMNT. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

It's been quite a day for United States hopefuls trying to make head coach Jürgen Klinsmann's 30-man preliminary World Cup roster. Left-footed winger Brad Davis capped an eventful Saturday for Americans around the globe by scoring for the Houston Dynamo.

Houston's captain scored the equalizer for his team in the 12th minute against Chivas USA, fending off two defenders before putting home a shot to the back post. After receiving the ball at the top of the penalty area, Davis dribbled through pressure across the line before side-footing it across his body and into the goal.

Watch Davis' impressive individual effort, on the back of a team effort to build up the attack, here:

Published May 4, 2014

LIVIU BIRD

Liviu Bird is a soccer analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the game. He learned how to play in the streets of Romania before moving to the soccer wilderness of Fairbanks, Alaska, escaping to play collegiately as a goalkeeper at Highline Community College and Seattle Pacific University, where he also earned his B.A. in journalism. Bird played semiprofessionally and had tryouts at professional clubs but hung up his gloves in 2012 to focus on writing and coaching at the youth and collegiate levels. He joined Sports Illustrated in March 2013 as a freelance contributor and has also written for NBC Sports, Soccer Wire, The New York Times, American Soccer Now and the Telegraph (UK).