"I've known for a couple of months now, so I was waiting for the perfect time. This sort of felt like it." Hard to argue with the logic. Giovanni Reyna scored a late goal in the USMNT's 4-1 demolition of Paraguay on June 17, shoved the ball under his shirt, sucked his thumb, and told the world his wife is pregnant.
The timing was absurd in the best possible way. World Cup goal. Home crowd. First child on the way. You could not script it better.
Who is Chloe Reyna?
Chloe Ortolano, now Chloe Reyna, is from Norwalk, Connecticut — and she is not just a footballer's wife who happened to watch the game on a big screen. She played collegiate soccer at Providence College, logging 3,801 minutes across her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons as a defender and midfielder. Before that, at Brien McMahon High School, she scored 52 goals, captained the side, and earned All-FCIAC First Team recognition twice.
She knows the game. That matters — there is a shared language between these two that goes beyond just being together through the chaos of elite football.
After college, Chloe moved into marketing and has deliberately kept her professional and personal life out of the spotlight. No sprawling social media presence, no WAG-style visibility. She has let Reyna's career be his, while building her own life alongside it.
The relationship timeline
The couple is believed to have started dating around 2020, when Reyna was making his name at Borussia Dortmund as a teenager. Chloe first appeared on his social media in 2021. They got engaged in June 2024, married the following year, and now — with the World Cup barely a week old — they are expecting their first child.
Reyna posted on Instagram after the Paraguay match with a simple line: "Thank you LA! I love this team! Just the start!"
The USMNT face Turkey on June 22. Reyna will be carrying rather a lot into that one.
