The Super Bowl winner's son stepping into spotlight with USA

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, USA qualify for last 32 with comfortable win over Australia By Gary Rose BBC Sport journalist Published 2 minutes ago Back in September 1996, Antonio Freeman's performance lit up the American football stage as his two touchdowns helped the Green Bay Packers to an impressive win at the Seattle Seahawks. Months later he became a Super Bowl winner - the highest accolade an NFL player can achieve. Fast forward almost 30 years and the name Freeman is creating headlines in Seattle once again but this time in a different sport, with his son Alex scoring his first World Cup goal on Friday to help the USA to a 2-0 win against Australia to seal their place in the knockouts. "It's a full circle family moment," Alex Freeman said after the win. "It shows how great the family tree is. It shows he can be great but I can be great in my own way and how amazing it is to have a dad that is successful and can mentor me to be ready for moments like these." Freeman senior is following his son every step of the way on this World Cup journey, having been seen beaming with pride at USA matches. But given how NFL has long overshadowed football as the country's most popular sport, it wasn't easy for Alex to make the decision to initially pursue that path. Unsure how his father would react, he was initially encouraged to pursue football by his mother and step father, who also acted his first coach in the game. The 21-year-old defender revealed last year that he initially had to keep his love of football secret, but was glad he was ultimately encouraged to pursue his dream. "It just shows how quick stuff can change and to not doubt yourself," he added. "Now I'm here, it shows you can never give up. Keep pushing and you never know what chance you're going to get and how you can go and make stuff happen. "You don't know when this chance will come again." USA dominate Australia to clinch last-32 spot Image gallery Skip image gallery Image source, @enzdonewithfree Image caption, Alex Freeman played both football and American football as a kid Image source, @enzdonewithfree Image caption, Freeman pictured with his dad and Christian Pulisic Image source, _alexfreemann Image caption, The Freeman family celebrate at the World Cup 1 of 3 Previous image Next image Slide 1 of 3 , A young Alex Freeman , Alex Freeman played both football and American football as a kid End of image gallery How Pochettino's faith in Freeman is paying off To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Freeman makes it two after VAR review By playing and scoring for his country at a home World Cup, the last few days will have felt like a dream for Freeman. It is especially impressive because just four years ago such a dream will have felt like an impossible reality. For the last World Cup in Qatar in 2022 Freeman was playing in the rese