Haji Wright and Josh Sargent continued their hot starts to the EFL Championship season.
Wright scored twice in Coventry City’s 7-1 home victory over QPR, taking his season tally to three in all competitions. Sargent scored Norwich City’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough.
Wright opened the scoring in the 12th minute after finishing Milan van Ewijk’s pass for a 1-0 Sky Blues lead.
The U.S. men’s national team forward made it 4-0 in the 37th minute, capping off a fast break.
He played 79 minutes in the match as Frank Lampard’s squad celebrated a lopsided home victory.
As for Sargent, his goal came in consolation as the Canaries suffered a home loss to Middlesbrough. He now has goals in his opening four appearances of the season in all competitions.
Fellow USMNT international Aidan Morris assisted once for Middlesbrough in its victory.
However, Norwich City has lost two of its opening three league matches under new manager Liam Manning.
Canaries fans will hope Sargent stays part of the team with the summer transfer window set to close on September 1 in England.
Both Wright and Sargent will hope that their strong starts lead to September call-ups to the USMNT.
Morris: MOTM
Good for both. Watching both so far and Wright is more dynamic, and his hold up play has improved drastically.
That was the big knock I had on him. Dude is good on the ball and can dribble you, he makes good runs and uses space well, and I’d argue he’s the best natural finisher in our pool and he can score with either foot or his head and he just has that knack and nose for it. But he just wasn’t near as effective as you’d expect for a Specimen-looking athlete like him at playing with his back to goal. He puts that together, he’s EPL all the way.