The numbers look great for Josh Sargent in his bid to make the U.S. roster for the 2026 World Cup. The O’Fallon, Missouri, native has six goals in five games over all competitions to start his season with Norwich City in the Championship, the second division of English soccer. This comes after 15 goals in 2024-25 and 16 goals in 2023-24.

The numbers look bad for Josh Sargent. He hasn’t scored for the U.S. national team in six years, covering 16 games. He was on the U.S. roster for the 2022 World Cup, played in the first three games but didn’t score, putting a header off the post in the game against Wales. For someone whose job in the lineup is to score goals, that’s a lot of zeroes.

Sargent knows both sets of numbers very well, and he also knows the importance that falls on the U.S. nati

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