USMNT striker Josh Sargent will bear a scan on his proper ankle after he suffered a freak harm of their World Cup conflict towards Iran.
- USA beat Iran 1-0 on Tuesday
- Sargent stood over the ball throughout the match
- Injured his ankle and needed to be substituted
WHAT HAPPENED? USMNT’s victory towards Iran got here at a value as Christian Pulisic and Sargent needed to be substituted as a result of accidents. Whereas Pulisic collided with Iran’s keeper Alireza Beiranvand and suffered a pelvic contusion, Sargent ended up standing on a ball that had spun away from him, resulting in the 22-year-old overextending his knee. It was later confirmed that it was the ahead flex of his ankle that compelled him to be substituted within the 77th minute of the match.
WHAT THEY SAID: “I am not likely positive (how unhealthy it’s),” Sargent instructed The Athletic. “I believe we’ll must see the way it sort of progresses in a single day, however we clearly have an excellent medical crew. So yeah, we’re gonna do every little thing we are able to. Hopefully, this one shouldn’t be too unhealthy.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: The total extent of the harm shall be identified when Sargent goes for a scan on Wednesday. It’s the reverse ankle that he injured whereas plying his commerce with Norwich on the finish of final season. Happily, he didn’t want a stretcher to get off the sector and will hobble his option to the dugout after being changed by Haji Wright.
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WHAT NEXT FOR SARGENT? If the scan outcomes are encouraging then Sargent needs to be out there for choice when Gregg Berhalter’s troops conflict towards the Netherlands on Saturday of their spherical of 16 tie on the Khalifa Worldwide Stadium.