You can’t stop Josh Sargent, you can only hope to contain him.

The 17-year-old became the youngest player to score in the U-20 World Cup earlier this week — notching a brace to lead the U.S. to a 3–3 come-from-behind draw Monday against Ecuador.

On Thursday, Sargent kept the momentum, scoring in the 34th minute to lead the U.S. to a 1–0 win over Senegal at Incheon, South Korea. The win, coupled with Saudi Arabia’s 2–1 win over Ecuador puts the Americans on top of the group with 4 points. Saudi Arabia and Senegal each have three.

The goal came after Luca De La Torre — the other goal scorer in the Americans’ previous game — found Sargent at the top of the penalty area. After getting the pass, the St. Louis native turned his defender and fired past Senegal keeper Mouhamed Mbaye for the score.

Defensively, the Americans had to recover after giving up three goals to Ecuador on Monday. Keeper Jonathan Klinsmann and the back four for the U.S. held Senegal to just three chances on goal for the game.

NOTES: Sargent’s three goals in the tournament ties him with France’s Jean-Kevin Augustin for most in the competition.

Highlights

Line-ups

Senegal: Mouhamed (GK), Diouf, Ndecky, Aw, Cavin, Diarra (Capt.), Niani, Badji, Ndiaye, Krepin, Bamba. SUBS: Lamine (GK), Idrissa (GK), Ba, Pouye, Habib, Gueye, Niang, Nbaye, Sarr, Akhibou.

United States: Klinsmann (GK), Acosta, Palmer-Brown (Capt.), Williamson, Adams, Herrera, Carter-Vickers, Lennon, Jones, Sargent, De La Torre. SUBS: Marcinkoski (GK), Scott (GK), Trusty, Redding, Glad, Sabbi, Saucedo, Kunga, Ebobisse, Zelalem.

Cautions

Aaron Herrera (USA) 7’, Kane Bamba (SEN) 60’. Mamadou Diarra (SEN) 86’, Ibrahima Ndiaye (SEN) 88’.

Scoring

34’ — Joshua Sargent (USA) — assist by Luca De La Torre.

Scores from Tuesday, May 22 to Thursday, May 24

Group A

England 1, Guinea 1

Korea Republic 2, Argentina 1

Group B

Venezuela 7, Vanuatu 0

Mexico 0, Germany 0

Group C

Zambia 4, Iran 2

Costa Rica 1, Portugal 1

Group D

Italy 2, South Africa 0

Uruguay 2, Japan 0

Group E

France 4, Vietnam 0

New Zealand 3, Honduras 0

Group F

Saudi Arabia 2, Ecuador 1

United States 1, Senegal 0

Up Next

The United States will head to Deejeon for the final game of group play, against Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The Green Falcons (yep, that is actually their nickname) got a brace from Abdulrahman Alyami to get a 2–1 win over Ecuador. It was the first win for Saudi Arabia in the U-20 World Cup since 2011. A win and the U.S. moves into the next round. A loss or draw and things could get very interesting.

The Americans and Saudi Arabia kick off at 5 a.m. ET Sunday.