Christian Pulisic came under serious criticism after his decision to 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. However, that is now behind him, and during this September international break, head coach Mauricio Pochettino brought it back to the Usmnt team – making it clear that he sees him as an important piece that in the FIFA World Cup 2026.
This Saturday, the United States Will play the first of two friendly matches for this month. The match will be against South Korea In Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. Then on Tuesday they will be confronted Japan On LOWER.COM Field in Columbus, Ohio.
Prior to these competitions, Pochettino has tackled the return of Pulisic, so that problems between them were solved earlier this year. “For me it is in the past” The coach told CBS Sports. “We have all made a mistake for a while, because we read the situation in a different way. The most important thing is that if you are intelligent people, if we want to continue and do the right things – I want to be intelligent.”
Run the page on the previous controversy, Pochettino Open about the role he proposes for Pulisic on the field. “You need this kind of talents, talented players who can do different things than respecting the organization,” He explained.
Pulisic was the last time before the USMNT in March.
“Have the opportunity to also make the chaos in the opponent Because he creates chaos in the other team, but with the organization. I don’t know if I can explain it, but I try, ” Mauricio added, indicating his intention to give Pulisic the creative freedom to make an impact with the ball at his feet – built on defined and disciplined roles within a system. “That’s the thing I hate, be predictable.”
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The absence of Christian Pulisic in the Gold Cup 2025 also included the decision of Mauricio Pochettino to let him out of the international friendly competitions in June Turkey And Switzerlanddespite the AC Milan Forward who expressed his desire to record.
As a result, it is almost six months since Pulisic last wore the American shirt. His most recent performance came during the international break of MarchWhen the USMNT was confronted Panama And Canada.
Christian started both games. The first was a loss of 1-0 for Panama in the Concacaf Nations League Semi -finals, where he played the full 90 minutes. Two days later he was again in the starting line-up for third place against Canada, where he led the team and was immersed in the 69th minute.
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