Share this Story: Ex-Whitecaps star Alphonso Davies scores his first goal for Bayern Munich in Bundesliga rout Ex-Whitecaps star Alphonso Davies scores his first goal for Bayern Munich in Bundesliga rout The 18-year-old Davies became the first Canadian goal-scorer for Bayern and first Canadian to get a goal in Germany's top league since Marcel de Jong in 2013 Photo by Matthias Schrader / Associated Press Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content BERLIN — Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies opened his account for Bayern Munich with a goal off the bench Sunday in a record-setting 6-0 rout of Mainz. Introduced in the 59th minute, Davies was in the right place at the right time in the 70th minute, acrobatically using his left foot to knock in a rebound from a Robert Lewandowski shot. Davies then raced to the corner, sliding to his knees to celebrate. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Ex-Whitecaps star Alphonso Davies scores his first goal for Bayern Munich in Bundesliga rout Back to video “The first of many,” tweeted Bayern. Davies, 18, became the first Canadian goal-scorer for Bayern and the first Canadian to get a goal in the Bundesliga since Marcel de Jong in 2013. He also becomes the youngest Bayern goalscorer since Roque Santa Cruz in 1999. Born to Liberian parents in a Ghana refugee camp, Davies grew up in Edmonton before moving to Vancouver to further his soccer career. Davies, an attacking midfielder with nine caps for Canada, joined Bayern from the Vancouver Whitecaps in a then-MLS-record US$22-million transfer deal that will see him play for the German side through 2023. The deal was consummated in July but Davies closed out the MLS season before joining Bayern in January. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The victory returned Bayern to the top of the Bundesliga, more than answering Borussia Dortmund’s challenge a day earlier. Bayern set a league record for scoring five or more goals in three consecutive games after last weekend’s 6-0 rout of Wolfsburg which followed a 5-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Robert Lewandowski, James Rodriguez and Kingsley Coman scored in a one-sided first half, before James completed his hat trick and Davies grabbed his first goal for Bayern. James became the first Colombian to score a hat trick in the Bundesliga. Bayern, the six-time defending champion, reclaimed the lead on goal difference from Dortmund, which had put the pressure Saturday with a last-gasp 3-2 win at Hertha Berlin. With eight rounds remaining, the April 6 clash between the two rivals could be a potential title-decider. Bayern was keen to impress after its Champions League exit to Liverpool on Wednesday. Lewandowski got the side off to a perfect start with the outside of his boot in the third minute, James made it 2-0 in the 33rd after Leon Goretzka laid the ball off with his chest, and Coman, who earlier hit the post, let fly from the outside of the area in the 39th. James grabbed another two goals within a four-minute spell early in the second half, before Davies, who came on with just over half an hour remaining, scored with a volley on the rebound after Mainz goalkeeper Florian Mueller denied Lewandowski. BREMEN ON THE BREAK Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Max Kruse opened and finished the scoring for Werder Bremen to beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 away and boost its European qualification hopes on Sunday. The Bremen captain finished off a counterattack spearheaded by brothers Maximilian and Johannes Eggestein in the 14th minute and set up Milot Rashica to score on another breakaway in the 37th. Leon Bailey pulled one back with a brilliant free kick in off the crossbar with 15 minutes of normal time remaining, but Kruse sealed Bremen’s win with yet another counterattack in the fifth minute of injury time. The win lifted Bremen to eighth, three points behind Leverkusen, which occupies the last place for Europa League qualification. Peter Bosz’s Leverkusen put itself in contention with six wins from its last eight games. Martin Hinteregger’s first-half strike was enough for Eintracht Frankfurt to consolidate fifth place with a 1-0 win over last-placed Nuremberg. 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Please try again Trending<doc-sep>Alphonso Davies, the 18-year-old Canadian soccer star and former Whitecaps player, scored his first goal for Bayern Munich over the weekend. The former Vancouver Whitecaps player scored off a rebound during the 69th minute of the game. Bayern Munich won the game with a 6-0 score over Mainz. The team is now first place in the Bundesliga. See also Davies also shared his big achievement on social media.”Happy to get my first goal today,” he wrote on Twitter. Happy to get my first goal today💪🏾 #AD19 pic.twitter.com/BW0iImbbyY — Alphonso Davies (@AlphonsoDavies) March 17, 2019 The Whitecaps and Bayern Munich agreed to an MLS-record transfer for Davies for US$22 million. The deal was agreed to in July, but Davies was allowed to finish the season in Vancouver. He made his Bayern Munich debut in January 2019. Born in a refugee camp in Ghana to Liberian parents that fled the civil war, his family moved to Edmonton when he was just five years old. He made his pro soccer debut with the Vancouver Whitecaps at age 15, played with the Canadian senior men’s national team at 16, and played in the MLS All-Star Game at 17.<doc-sep>The 18-year-old Canadian star grabbed his first ever goal as the German club routed Mainz and reclaimed top of the Bundesliga. After Borussia Dortmund defeated Hertha Berlin 3-2 on Saturday to temporarily take top spot in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich needed to respond against Mainz, and it did just that by destroying its opponent 6-0. After Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring, the floodgates opened as James Rodriguez also scored a hat trick thus sealing the emphatic win. It was also a special game for 18-year-old Canadian sensation Alphonso Davies as the attacker scored his first ever goal for the club. After coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute replacing David Alaba, Davies grabbed his goal in the 70th by smasing it from close range after Lewandowski's initial shot was stopped. With the goal he became the youngest player to score for Bayern since Roque Santa Cruz in 1999. Bayern now leads the league ahead of Dortmund on goal difference.<doc-sep>
Alphonso Davies became Bayern Munich's youngest league scorer in two decades when he got the final goal in Sunday's 6-0 win Sunday over Mainz. (Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty) Five games into his career at Bayern Munich, former Vancouver Whitecaps winger Alphonso Davies has his first Bundesliga goal. The 18-year-old Canadian, who moved to Bayern from MLS in January, has yet to start for the German champs. But when he knocked home the rebound of a Robert Lewandowski shot to complete a 6-0 demolition of Mainz on Sunday, Davies became the club’s youngest league scorer since Paraguayan Roque Santa Cruz in Augusts of 1999. It probably wasn’t a coincidence that Davies saw his longest stretch of playing time yet under manager Niko Kovac in Sunday’s match. Davies’ first four appearances for the club, all in the domestic league and all off the bench, totaled just 25 minutes. But on Sunday, Kovac summoned Davies with more than a half-hour remaining. It didn’t take the dynamic youngster long to reward his boss, finding the back of the net just 10 minutes after entering the field: ALPHONSO DAVIES!!! The 18 year-old Canadian scores his first goal for Bayern and becomes the youngest scorer for Bayern since Roque Santa Cruz in 1999 💪🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/54AC6Jg5Sr — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 17, 2019 If you’re counting, that means it took Davies just 35 minutes to score first goal for for the club. The Ghana-born, Edmonton-raised attacker had eight goals and 11 assists in 31 appearances for Vancouver last season, when he was 17. Davies’ contract was sold to Bayern last summer for a then-MLS record fee that could top $20 million depending on performance incentives. Under FIFA rules, he could not officially join the club until he turned 18 late last year. Doug McIntyre covers soccer for Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre. More from Yahoo Sports: