COLOGNE, Germany — Josh Sargent rejoined the U.S. national soccer team this week on a torrential scoring tear with his English club, posting the type of gaudy numbers and carrying the accompanying confidence that surely belong on a World Cup roster.
Before reporting to training camp in this historic riverside city, the 22-year-old forward notched six goals in his past seven appearances for Norwich City, an English second-division side poised to return to the Premier League next spring.
He has surged into a share for second place in the league’s scoring race and become a favorite at Carrow Road, where the yellow-clothed Canaries have been kicking about since 1935.