Christian Pulisic will return for the U.S. men’s national team in Tuesday’s friendly against Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. Soccer.
Pulisic missed Friday’s 2-0 defeat to Japan with what U.S. Soccer called a “knock he took in training earlier this week.”
But the federation calmed any fears over Pulisic’s status on Monday, announcing that he would start against the Saudis along with Ricardo Pepi.
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The USMNT will be looking for an improved performance on Tuesday in Murcia, Spain after struggling badly against Japan. Pulisic and Pepi will look to bolster an attack that failed to muster a single shot on target against the Samurai Blue.
Jesús Ferreira started at striker against Japan and Josh Sargent came on at the break but neither was able to threaten consistently, giving Pepi a chance to impress against Saudi Arabia.
Pepi was called in to USMNT camp after recently breaking a scoring slump for club and country that reached nearly a year.
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