VIDEO: USMNT ace Haji Wright hilariously plays ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ to decide penalty taker before coolly dispatching spot-kick in Coventry win

USMNT star Haji Wright hilariously played ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ with Callum O’Hare for the right to convert a penalty for Coventry against Millwall.

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• American striker enjoying productive season
• Into double figures for goals scored
• Showed nerves of steel against the Lions

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The 25-year-old frontman joined the Sky Blues for a club-record transfer fee in the summer of 2023. He is enjoying a productive debut campaign in English football, with a brace against the Lions taking him through double figures for goals scored this season.

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  Wright netted twice in the space of three second-half minutes against Millwall to seal Coventry a 2-1 win, with Mark Robins’ side responding positively to falling behind early on. His first of the game came from the spot, after beating O’Hare in a classic hand game.

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  WHAT ROBINS SAID ABOUT WRIGHT

  Robins was able to see the funny side of the surprising interaction between Wright and O’Hare, with Coventry’s boss telling afterwards: “I think there was a bit of ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’ between him and Callum – I’m going to kill them! I hadn’t named a penalty taker but Haji took them all the time in Turkey. He took them all the time and was really good, so I didn’t have an issue with it. Callum scored the last one. Ultimately, it’s gone in the back of the net and we don’t have to worry about that. I’ll be talking to them about it.”