Anthony Edgar is hoping his match-winning performance at Peterborough United caught the eye of new West Ham United manager Avram Grant.
The young midfielder ensured Grant began his tenure with a victory by scoring an outstanding individual goal in the 2-1 success at London Road on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old picked up possession 35 yards out before running at the Posh defence and unleashing a low, left-foot shot past England Under-21 goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Having made a positive start to the new campaign, Edgar is now hoping to be handed further opportunities to shine in pre-season.
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"I definitely enjoyed it. I was just happy to get on and show what I can do. There were a lot of West Ham fans here and they were great and really got behind us. It was a great performance, I thought.
"I enjoyed it in there. It's all about experience and wherever the manager puts me I'll play and I'll try to play to my best.
"I knew what I was going to do before I got the ball. I knew I was going to have to shift the ball and try to go for goal and it went in, thank God!"
While his goal owed everything to the teenager's individual ability, he was quick to pay tribute to his team-mates.
"It was not only me, it was the team as well. Benni McCarthy and Freddie Sears up front were also very sharp. They gave me the ball and I finished it. It was only me, it was them as well.
"I was so pleased to get a chance to show what I can do and I was pleased with my performance. The team performance was exceptional and hopefully we can push on from here."
The first-team squad fly to Germany for a training camp on Friday and, while Edgar is hoping to be on the plane, he has vowed to do his best wherever he is playing this weekend.
Grant's side face Bundesliga side VfL Borussia Monchengladbach in Ruhpolding on Saturday evening, while Alex Dyer's reserves head for Blue Squad South club Thurrock earlier the same day.
"Hopefully, if I travel [to Germany], I'll be involved in that but if I don't I'll keep working hard and keep progressing.
"I'm just going to do what I do best which is play. Hopefully I can do that and push on from there."