USMNT’s Josh Sargent scores must-see goal for Werder Bremen
Josh Sargent scored a brilliant goal in his first Bundesliga start of the season, just before leaving to join the U.S for games against Mexico and Uruguay.
BERLIN (AP) — Josh Sargent scored a brilliant goal on his first Bundesliga start of the season and Yuya Osako grabbed two as Werder Bremen defeated 10-man Augsburg 3-2 on Sunday.
Ruben Vargas canceled Osako's sixth-minute opener in the 12th before Sargent scored a contender for goal of the month with his right foot in the 21st.
"It was a good goal, but also a super pass," Sargent said.
The 19-year-old American forward controlled Nuri Sahin's ball over the defense with his first touch and then lifted it over the Augsburg goalkeeper with his next, before tapping into the unguarded net — all without letting the ball touch the ground.
"That was outstanding," Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt said.
Sargent is on the 26-man United States roster for exhibition games in September against Mexico and Uruguay after getting cut ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Other notable players on the squad include Coatesville’s Zack Steffen (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Hershey’s Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) and midfield star Weston McKennie (Schalke 04, Germany). There are also some highly-touted young prospects, such as Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas), Sergiño Dest (Ajax, Netherlands), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United) and Paxton Pomykal.
Sargent scored his first ever senior national team goal at Talen Energy Stadium, in a friendly in May of 2018.
“Josh is on the right path. He has no problem with speed, as he showed today. That’s not something you can learn,” Kohfeldt said Sunday. “How he scored the goal, that’s just unbelievable.”
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Staff writer Jonathan Tannenwald contributed to this report.