Christian Pulisic wanted to talk about something else. Now he can
by Pablo Iglesias Maurer in Charlotte, North Carolina from US news | The Guardian on (#760CH)
The US forward's imperious 45 minutes against Senegal put some questions to rest, while his manager still wants to see more
It wasn't hard to see how annoyed US men's national team star Christian Pulisic was getting. Another US national team camp, another friendly on the road to an all-important World Cup at home, and another batch of questions about his goal scoring drought, and the pressure it created for him and the team.
Before Sunday, the Milan midfielder hadn't scored a goal for club or country in nearly six months. His dry spell just with the national team stretched back even further, with Pulisic having last found the back of the net on 19 November 2024, during a Nations League match against Jamaica.
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