Sargent’s surge overlapped with Gregg Berhalter’s plans for his last pre-World Cup camp involving European-based players.
Six goals barely a month into the English Championship season is four more than he scored all of last season in the Premier League — a parched campaign that resulted in no U.S. invitations for more than a year.No one saw this coming. Sargent was coming off a 2021-22 campaign — his first in England after four with Werder Bremen in Germany — in which he scored twice in league play and four times in 29 appearances overall before missing the few weeks with an ankle injury.
Sargent remained in the player pool, but for practical purposes, his World Cup outlook was grim. Ricardo Pepi stepped into the lead role in the qualifiers before Jesús Ferreira seized the job.Jordan Pefok and Haji Wright were in the mix. This summer, fans began clamoring for FC Cincinnati’s Brandon Vazquez, one of MLS’s top scorers. Sargent, meantime, had plummeted on the depth chart.
Sargent’s performances in the friendlies will not make or break his chances; Berhalter said he will continue monitoring players and evaluating the team’s needs before announced 26 players Nov. 9 for the tournament in Qatar, which will start Nov. 20. But strong showings — and goals — will bolster his case.
“I was getting playing time in the best league in the world, so I wasn’t going to complain too much,” Sargent. “I feel most free and feel most confident when I play striker.”
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