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In addition to the milestone birthday for the
U.S. Soccer phenom, he signed his first professional soccer
contract on Tuesday to play for Werder Bremen of the German
Bundesliga league.
"Now it's official. Joshua Sargent has signed a professional
contract at SV Werder Bremen on his eighteenth birthday," the
team announced. "Sporting director Frank Baumann confirmed as
much on Tuesday afternoon."
Sargent already had reportedly trained numerous times with
Werder Bremen and notched an assist for the club's under-23
squad in January.
"All the formalities have been completed and Josh has now signed
his professional contract with us," Baumann said. "We're really
happy that he has decided to take this next step in his career
at SV Werder Bremen.
"He has really impressed us since the beginning of this year and
has gathered experience in first team training as well as some
games with the Under-23s."
Sargent, then at age 17, became the youngest American player to
score a goal in FIFA U-20 World Cup history when he netted two
tallies against Ecuador. Sargent joined Freddy Adu as just the
second U.S. man to play for both the U-17 and U-20 World Cups in
the same calendar year. When he earned a call-up to the senior
squad in November, Sargent became the first to accomplish the
feat in American soccer history.
For Bremen, this marks a move to reverse the club's fortunes
after finishing no higher than eighth in the league's standings
since 2009-10.
--Field Level Media
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