Junior McDougald, born in Big Spring, Texas, scored in his sixth straight English FA Cup game to lead Dagenham & Redbridge of the Football Conference to a 2-0 win over Plymouth Tuesday in its third-round replay.
McDougald, 28, left Texas when he was 2 years old but maintains close ties to family there. McDougald had the tying goal that earned Dagenham & Redbridge a 2-2 tie in the third-round proper and had the second goal in the replay. He also scored in Dagenham & Redbridge's wins in the first two rounds of the 2002-03 FA Cup competition and in its second- and third-round games in 2001-02.
McDougald started his career at Tottenham but never played for the Premier League club. He had stops at Brighton, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Millwall and Leyton before joining Dagenham & Redbridge in 1999.
