Can Christian Pulisic Overcome a Tumultuous Season to Lead USMNT at the 2026 World Cup?
“Will we see Christian Pulisic from the first half of the season, or the second half of the season?” stated FOX Sports pundit Alexi Lalas to FourFourTwo. “Maybe we’ll see a mixture of both,” added Lalas, who played for the USA when they first hosted the World Cup in 1994.
“I do think that Pulisic is most comfortable with the U.S. team – certainly more comfortable right now – and I think he will enjoy leaving that part of his career behind, even if it’s just for the summer. Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part, but I think that he will be comfortable and supported in a way that Pulisic needs to be.”
After suffering the worst scoring drought of his professional career, Pulisic will be looking to turn a new page in North America. Having closed out the club season with a chorus of jeers and whistles following Milan‘s last-day capitulation to Cagliari, Pulisic will be serenaded with applause when he takes the pitch for the USA’s tournament opener on June 12.
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