{"id":6408,"date":"2025-09-02T19:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/sgt-is-hoping-to-end-the-six-year-international-scoring-drought-and-is-aiming-for-a-world-cup-roster-spot\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:40:39","slug":"sgt-is-hoping-to-end-the-six-year-international-scoring-drought-and-is-aiming-for-a-world-cup-roster-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/sgt-is-hoping-to-end-the-six-year-international-scoring-drought-and-is-aiming-for-a-world-cup-roster-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sgt. is hoping to end the six-year international scoring drought and is aiming for a World Cup roster spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Josh Sargent was able to end the two,088 days of international goal drought on Saturday. This will play Korea in the first coach of eight best friends, and will be used by coach Mauricio Pockettino to evaluate the player pool before his pre-World Cup training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than staying with Dryspell, Sargent wants to focus on Norwich&#8217;s hot start in the UK Tier 2 League Championship. The 25-year-old from O&#8217;Fallon, Missouri, scored six goals in the club&#8217;s first five games and captained the team in four games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I know it&#8217;s been a while,&#8221; he said Tuesday before the first training session with the full roster. &#8220;At the moment, they&#8217;re doing really well at the club level. They keep remembering how well they&#8217;re doing there, they know they can score goals, they know that it&#8217;s only a matter of time before the national team scores.<\/p>\n<p>Sargent joined Verder Bremen just before he turned 18 in the beginning of 2018 and made his debut that December. Recognised quickly for his bushy red hair, Sargent scored 11 Bundesliga goals in 70 games over three seasons, relegating the team to the second division of 2021-22, moving to Norwich in 2022-23, winning a Premier League League Cup and a brace against Bournemouth at Watford.<\/p>\n<p>He remained Canary after they were demoted and made three World Cup appearances in the US, including a start against Wales and Iran. Sgt. 2021-22 season shortened; <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">The surgery caused a four-month layoff in the fall of 2023.<\/span> Last season, he was two and a half months. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">gro diameter surgery<\/span> He then scored 11 goals in his final 20 league matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I felt good for a while,&#8221; Sgt. &#8220;I think Norwich did a good job of caring for me and bringing me back to a good place. Obviously, he continues to do certain exercises at the gym to keep himself healthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His strong start this season led to inquiries about the possibility of a first-stage club transfer. Asked if Sunderland and Wolfsberg were trying to acquire him, Sargent replied, &#8220;There was interest from multiple clubs. It obviously didn&#8217;t work out in the end, but it&#8217;s sometimes football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seven of America&#8217;s 21 goals in 12 games this year come from strikers. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Recovery from hernia surgery)<\/span> And each by Haji Wright and Brian White. Sgt. and Foralin Balogun will be attending his first camp under Pockettino, competing for the World Cup roster spot alongside Ricardo Pepi and Damion Downs.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. was bypassed by the Conca Cuff Gold Cup this summer and received an email notification. Pochettino did not respond directly when asked about Sgt. All players in the pool said, &#8220;There is a chance and opportunity to show their quality and convince us that they deserve to be in the national team location.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Sargent scored in his debut against Bolivia on May 28, 2018<\/span>and has five goals with 28 international appearances. There are no more than the Conca Cahunations League pair vs Cuba on November 19, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He knew he could score goals from the age of 15 or 16,&#8221; said St. Louis defender Tim Ream, a 37-year-old senior current American player. &#8220;That&#8217;s not what we&#8217;re worried about. You look at what he&#8217;s doing with Norwich and the club and the kind of goals he&#8217;s scoring, they&#8217;re all different.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, Americans have placed themselves in poor positions ahead of the World Cup, spending time with clubs that have limited playing time. Sgt is pleased with his current team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had to make many decisions, not just for myself, but for my family,&#8221; said Sargent, who has a three-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sargent-us-norwich-efc6232df3781d5e02c044164db62b3a\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Sargent was able to end the two,088 days of international goal drought on Saturday. This will play Korea in the first coach of eight best friends, and will be used by coach Mauricio Pockettino to evaluate the player pool before his pre-World Cup training camp. 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