Robin Fraser\u2019s assessment of Josh Sargent\u2019s recent performances and the assessments of Apple TV commentators and panelists have been vastly different recently. It was the Toronto FC coach who had the last laugh on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
A lot of the talk on Apple before Toronto FC\u2019s match against Inter Miami, which ended in a 2-1 road win for the Reds<\/a>, was about Sargent and his lack of goals despite the high price tag to bring him to the club, a sentiment echoed by some fans as well. That\u2019s an easy argument to make if you look at the stat sheet \u2014 no goals in his previous five matches \u2014 but for months Fraser has been defending his striker, adamant that he is happy with Sargent\u2019s other contributions to the team.<\/p>\n Whether it was a lung-busting run to his own box<\/a> to make a big defensive block against CF Montreal, his driving run to assist Markus Cimermancic\u2019s goal against Charlotte<\/a> midweek, or his routine pressing up the pitch, Sargent has found ways to impact results other than scoring.<\/p>\n On Saturday, Sargent got his goal, opening the scoring with a well-placed shot into the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the box, past diving Canadian goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair. As he cartwheeled toward the corner flag, Sargent not only silenced the stunned Miami fans, but also some of those doubters before the match.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought Josh was tremendous,\u201d Fraser said to reporters including Waking The Red after the match. \u201cHe\u2019s such a good teammate. He does anything he can to help the team defensively, and you see him getting fitter and more in tune with his teammates offensively.<\/p>\n \u201cYou think about some of the runs he made the other night and some of the runs he made tonight with the ball. I just think he\u2019s really settling into the group. He\u2019s really settling into the league.\u201d<\/p>\n If Toronto FC are going to make the playoffs this season, Sargent will need to continue to be effective. Was Saturday\u2019s goal the one that opens the floodgates for the American striker?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robin Fraser\u2019s assessment of Josh Sargent\u2019s recent performances and the assessments of Apple TV commentators and panelists have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3545,18564,318,359,8453,5312,48,330],"class_list":["post-180333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-inter-miami","tag-josh-sargent","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-mls","tag-robin-fraser","tag-tfc","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}