“In Christian Pulisic’s diverse range of USMNT highlights, one thing is hard to spot: a smile. Since making his senior international debut as a 17-year-old in March 2016, his efforts have frequently been met with frustration. As a program prodigy, he was on the field in Trinidad the following year when the United States failed to qualify for a World Cup for the first time since Ronald Reagan was president. The man couldn’t even properly celebrate his long-awaited first World Cup goal in 2022; his effort to nudge the ball beyond Iran’s goalline left him in a crumpled heap as he suffered a pelvic contusion during that incident. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video)
