Christian Pulisic

23Oct

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Champions League

UCL takeaway: Pulisic delivers

Christian Pulisic of AC Milan celebrates the victory at the end of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD3 match between AC Milan and Club Brugge KV at Stadio San Siro on October 22, 2024 in Milan, Italy. Tuesday's UEFA Champions League action served as a spotlight for some of the sport's current stars and most in-form talents, with the likes of Vinicius Junior, Christian Pulisic and Viktor Gyokeres kicking off Matchday 3 in fine form. Vinicius was the standout for Real Madrid as his hat trick led their come-from-behind victory over Borussia Dortmund at home, while AC Milan's first Champions League win of the season came on the back of crucial personnel decisions by manager Paulo Fonseca. Sporting Lisbon, meanwhile, kept their unbeaten run alive as Gyokeres stakes his claim...

Milan coach hails ‘fantastic’ Pulisic for role in win

20Oct

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SERIE A

Milan coach hails ‘fantastic’ Pulisic for role in win

Christian Pulisic of AC Milan and Souza Da Silva Brenner of Udinese bduring the Serie A match between AC Milan and Udinese at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on October 19, 2024 in Milan, Italy. AC Milan manager Paulo Fonseca praised Christian Pulisic's all-round performance as his side beat Udinese 1-0 on Saturday despite being down to 10 men for more than an hour. United States star Pulisic registered his 11th goal contribution in 13 games for club and country this season with his assist for Samuel Chukwueze to open the scoring for Milan in the 13th minute at the San Siro. But Fonseca also praised Pulisic for his defensive work as Milan held on for the victory, despite midfielder Tijjani Reijnders being shown a straight red card in the 29th minute. "Christian's game was fantastic," Fonseca told D...

Why USA coach Mauricio Pochettino is ‘worried’ about Christian Pulisic

12Oct

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NEWS

Why USA coach Mauricio Pochettino is ‘worried’ about Christian Pulisic

Christian Pulisic has been in fantastic form so far this season at AC Milan, but his new US men's national team boss Mauricio Pochettino has revealed he's 'worried' about the attacker. The American has established himself as one of the first names on the Milan team sheet, and has six goals and two assists thus far while starting each of his team's nine games in all competitions. But it's that sort of workload that is giving Pochettino some concerns, as he shared Wednesday ahead of the USMNT's matchup with Panama on Saturday. 'He's playing every single game, every single minute. That is also a thing that we are a little bit worried [about],' he told reporters. 'Sometimes we need to protect [Pulisic]. We'll see, because he arrived a little bit tired.' 'He continued, '[We need] to build a ver...

Christian Pulisic urges Mauricio Pochettino to ‘change the culture’ in USMNT

12Sep

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NEWS

Christian Pulisic urges Mauricio Pochettino to ‘change the culture’ in USMNT

Like most of their fans, players on the U.S. men’s national soccer team had heard the rumors of the incoming coach. On Saturday night, during a team meal in Kansas City, U.S. Soccer’s sporting director, Matt Crocker, told the players that the federation was finalizing a deal with Mauricio Pochettino. But it wasn’t until the pregame meal in Cincinnati on Tuesday that they were told it was done. A few hours later, U.S. Soccer told the public. It was officially time to move forward under arguably the highest-profile coach in the history of the U.S. men’s team. For the players, who have spent the past week or so dancing around questions about Pochettino, there seemed to be a sense of relief that the moment had come. In the wake of yet another disappointing result -- this time a...