Tag: Christian Pulisic

Ben Chilwell has no idea who Landon Donovan or Clint Dempsey is

Christian Pulisic was in disbelief hearing his teammate’s lack of American soccer knowledge

This one may be tough for American soccer fans to swallow.

Chelsea left back Ben Chilwell has said he is unfamiliar with not one, but both of the men widely considered the two greatest U.S. men’s players of all time.

In a segment for Complex alongside USMNT star and Chelsea teammate Christian Pulisic, Chilwell revealed he does not know who either Landon Donovan or Clint Dempsey is.

The nerve!

In the segment called “GOAT Talk” Pulisic was asked what his favorite World Cup moment of all time was and answered, as many USMNT fans do, that it was Landon Donovan’s dramatic late winner against Algeria in the 2010 World Cup.

“I don’t know who Landon Donovan is,” Chilwell said.

“You don’t know who Landon Donovan is?” Pulisic replied in disbelief.

“Is that bad? Is he like a big player” Chilwell asked.

“He’s probably the best ever American!” Pulisic said.

It would get worse though! Pulisic was asked his opinion on the greatest American player ever, and after explaining that there was a debate among fans between Donovan and Dempsey, he answered that he would pick Dempsey due to his history playing alongside the ex-Fulham and Tottenham forward with the USMNT.

“I couldn’t tell you who that is,” Chilwell said of a player who spent seven seasons in the Premier League.

Thankfully, Chilwell is able to name at least one American player.

Asked who his American GOAT was, Chilwell had an easy answer.

“I don’t know a lot of American footballers,” Chilwell said, stating the obvious, “but I know one who plays for Chelsea. His name’s Christian. He’s a pretty good footballer.”

Watch Chilwell and Pulisic’s segment on Complex

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Christian Pulisic: USMNT has the intention of winning the World Cup

“If you don’t believe that it can happen, it won’t happen”

Christian Pulisic has said the U.S. national team is going to Qatar with the mentality that it can win the World Cup.

After failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the USMNT reached the 2022 tournament where it has been drawn in Group B with England, Wales and Iran.

There will be an expectation that the U.S. can advance from its group but beyond that, a deep tournament run would be almost unprecedented in American men’s soccer history.

But Pulisic has insisted that it’s counterproductive for his side to go into the tournament targeting anything less than a title.

“I think we’re going there with the intention to go win the World Cup,” Pulisic told ESPN’s Futbol Americas. “There is no reason why any team should go there without that confidence and that’s exactly how we’re going to go into this big event.

“We’re going to go in as a confident and a hungry side that is not going to back down from anyone and we feel that we can really make moves in this World Cup.”

“If you don’t believe that it can happen, it won’t happen,” the 23-year-old added. “We’ve seen crazier things happen for sure and I truly believe that we have a strong team, a strong group of guys that can accomplish anything. So that’s just the way that I think and the way that I’m going to believe going into this World Cup.”

The USMNT’s best World Cup finish came in the inaugural tournament in 1930, when it reached the semifinal. That tournament, though, featured a weakened field of just 13 teams. In the modern era, the USMNT’s run to the quarterfinals in 2002 represents its best World Cup finish.

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Frank Lampard is backing ‘special’ Christian Pulisic to thrive at Chelsea

“Those basics of the speed and balance is not [something] everyday players have. He’s special like that” 

Christian Pulisic faces plenty of competition for playing time at Chelsea, which was underscored this week when Raheem Sterling joined the club from Manchester City.

As transfer rumors around the USMNT star continue to swirl, is there still room for Pulisic at Chelsea?

His former manager Frank Lampard thinks so. 

“I think Christian can still be a big player for Chelsea, of course, a really big player, but that’s absolutely a question for the club and him,” Lampard told Pro Soccer Wire.

The United States men’s national team star signed with the London club for an American record $73 million in 2019. While Pulisic became a vital Chelsea player in Lampard’s second year at the helm, he has occasionally struggled with injuries and has been a sporadic starter under Thomas Tuchel.

“Christian needs to play games,” Lampard said. “I know what he’s like, he wants to play all the time. He’s had some injuries, I think it’s sometimes held him back at different times in his career. So I just hope we get the right solution. I have a lot of respect for Chelsea. It’s a huge club in my life and career. So I hope we get the best solution for both.”

During the 2019-20 season under Lampard, Pulisic started 19 of 25 games he played and scored 11 goals in all competitions, which is still the best scoring return he’s had with Chelsea.

Lampard, who currently manages Everton, believes the 23-year-old can match and even surpass that return in coming seasons because of his rare talents.

“I’ve got a lot of time for Christian,” Lampard said. “I think I worked well with him and just tried to develop him and had a really good relationship with him. He’s got incredible talent. He’s a great boy. I found him really pleasurable to work with as well as a talent.

“He’s really fast and [has a quick] change in direction and it’s balanced. He’s still a young player. It feels like he’s been around a long time because he broke through so young. So there’s still a lot to come from Christian, but those basics of the speed and balance is not [something] everyday players have. He’s special like that.” 

Pulisic and Lampard are both in the United States for preseason tours. Pulisic and Chelsea play Club America Saturday in Las Vegas. Lampard, who helped Everton stay in the Premier League last season, begins preparation for his first full season in charge with a friendly against domestic rivals Arsenal on Saturday in Baltimore. 

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Christian Pulisic shouts out Miami as a 2026 World Cup host city

Bienvenido a Miami, Christian Pulisic

When it comes to the World Cup 2026 host city Christian Pulisic is most excited about, there’s only one word you need to know: Dalé!

Speaking to Fox Sports 1 after FIFA unveiled all of the host cities for the tournament on Thursday, the USMNT captain  shouted out Miami as a host city he was particularly looking forward to seeing.

“I think Miami is a really exciting one for me,” said Pulisic. “You know, my family is living down there now, and that’s going to be an amazing atmosphere for sure.”

Pulisic is a Pennsylvania native, so there were natural assumptions he would highlight Philadelphia. Unsurprisingly, though, Pulisic said he’s looking forward to “really, all of them. Just to be in this continent, it’s going to be special.”

Hard Rock Stadium, a 64,767-seat stadium that is normally home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes NCAA football team, is technically a few miles north of Miami proper, though that likely won’t make a difference to fans based locally or coming in from abroad to one of the U.S.’s most tourist-friendly cities.

The tournament coming to Miami will be a first. South Florida did not host any games during the 1994 men’s World Cup, with Florida’s games instead taking place in Orlando. The United States has hosted two women’s World Cups, but Miami was not part of either the 1999 or 2003 editions.

It has, however, hosted six Super Bowls, dozens of summer club and national team friendlies, and was for 14 years the home of Monster Jam, arguably the pinnacle of monster truck events.

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10 wild photos from the USMNT’s ridiculously muddy match against El Salvador

Peak CONCACAF.

Given the FIFA stood by the horrible decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in the winter, this summer’s international window has been full of meaningless friendlies and Nations League matches. That meant the U.S. men’s national team was stuck playing one more of those notoriously awful road matches in CONCACAF … during a World Cup year.

And, oh man, it was peak CONCACAF.

The USMNT traveled to El Salvador to play its second CONCACAF Nations League group stage match — a tournament stage that won’t resume until 2023. And while the U.S. easily defeated Grenada in Austin, a match in San Salvador was going to present a challenge unique to CONCACAF.

See: San Salvador was in the midst of multi-day rainfall, which wreaked havoc on the already-suspect playing surface at Estadio Cuscatlán. The result was a muddy (and dangerous) mess that the USMNT managed to escape with a point thanks to a stoppage-time goal.

The horrible field was the talk of U.S. Soccer Twitter all Tuesday night. I mean, look how horrible this is:

Photos from the match didn’t make the experience seem any more enjoyable for the players either.

Christian Pulisic se pintó el pelo y ahora todos creen que está en una boy band

Hemos reportado el pelo de Cristian Pulisic recientemente en esta página. Hace sólo una semana se especulaba fuertemente que la estrella de la selección de Estados Unidos se estaba dejando un “mullet” que en teoría podría usar suelto durante la Copa …

Hemos reportado el pelo de Cristian Pulisic recientemente en esta página.

Hace sólo una semana se especulaba fuertemente que la estrella de la selección de Estados Unidos se estaba dejando un “mullet” que en teoría podría usar suelto durante la Copa del Mundo.

Pero ahora ha habido un cambio. El delantero del Chelsea apareció en el trenamiento de la selección nacional de Estados Unidos el miércoles con un corte rubio sobre su creciente mullet.

Fundamentalmente, la estructura del corte de “negocio en el frente, fiesta en la parte de atrás” no ha sido tocado, lo cual hace pensar que Pulisic va a traer un mullet rubio sensacional durante el mundial.

Hubo bastantes reacciones al nuevo look de Pulisic, quien fue comparado con Guy Fieri, Machine Gun Kelly, un joven Landon Donovan y más importante, una boy band de principio de los 2000.

Traducción.- Este tuit hizo que mi Apple Music comenzara a poner 98 Degrees.

Traducción.- Christian Pulisic trayendo de regreso las luces y haciéndome pensar en los Back Street Boys.

 

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Pulisic should transfer away from Chelsea, says ex-USMNT star Dooley

Thomas Dooley thinks it might be time for Christian Pulislic to move on from Chelsea

Christian Pulisic’s future with Chelsea is cloudy if not downright murky, with irregular playing time casting a shadow on the American’s chances to stay with the London club.

While injuries factored into his availability this season, Pulisic wasn’t a consistent starter for Chelsea even when healthy.

He started 34 percent of Chelsea’s total games and played 38 percent of all available minutes. When he was healthy, Pulisic started just about half of the games for which he made the squad.

And while new American ownership certainly could factor into the construction of the roster and Pulisic’s visibility, it is possible that Chelsea may not be the best fit for the young American.

Former United States international Thomas Dooley, who played almost a decade in the German Bundesliga before joining MLS in 1997, thinks that Pulisic should be pursuing a pathway out of Chelsea and to a situation where playing time will be regular.

“Of course he should [leave Chelsea]. Either it is about money or prestige. Is it that much better to sit for a big club on the bench or at another club and play all the time? I don’t like to sit on the bench, no matter what. When the coach [Erich] Ribbeck came to Leverkusen with 14 national team players … and when that coach put me on the bench, I went to the management and asked them to let me go – even though the manager begged me to stay,” Dooley told Pro Soccer Wire.

“I went to Schalke, a team who just came up from the second Bundesliga because I wanted to play and not sit on the bench.”

Dooley would go on to help Schalke win the 1997 UEFA Cup over Inter. He played 81 times for the USMNT including at the 1994 and 1998 World Cup.

Currently, Dooley is the head coach of the Philippines national team, having spoken to Pro Soccer Wire recently about the challenges facing him in what is now his second tenure with the federation. The selection is off to a solid start in Asian Cup qualifiers with a draw and a win.

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Christian Pulisic dyed his hair and now everyone thinks he’s in a boy band

Pulisic could be sporting a sensational bleach-blonde mullet come the World Cup

We’ve covered Christian Pulisic’s hair recently on this website.

Just one week ago, speculation was rampant that the U.S. men’s national team star was in the early stages of growing a mullet that would, in theory, be free-flowing by the time the World Cup arrived.

But now there has now been a new twist in this saga. The Chelsea forward showed up at USMNT training on Wednesday with an eye-catching bleach-blonde patchwork on top of his burgeoning mullet.

Crucially, the business-in-front-party-in-back structure has not been touched, suggesting that Pulisic could be sporting a sensational bleach-blonde mullet come the World Cup.

There was plenty of reaction to Pulisic’s new look, with comparisons to Guy Fieri, Machine Gun Kelly, a young Landon Donovan and, most notably, early-2000s boy bands.

Christian Pulisic speaks on USMNT gun control letter

“I think people can say ‘It’s not the guns, it’s the people,’ but we have to start somewhere.”

Christian Pulisic spoke out on the U.S. men’s national team’s letter calling on Congress to pass gun control legislation following a 0-0 friendly draw against Uruguay on Sunday.

In the aftermath of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, the USMNT released a letter addressing both the House of Representatives and the Senate before the game, and all players wore orange armbands as part of gun control movement Everytown’s “Wear Orange Weekend.”

Speaking to reporters after the game, Pulisic said the idea to take action spread “throughout the whole team,” noting that head coach Gregg Berhalter talked to some players about the subject and that the team drafted the letter collectively.

“I hope you guys can all realize why we did it,” said Pulisic, who said that he felt that “anything that we can do in trying to take action” was worth doing. “I think people can say ‘It’s not the guns, it’s the people,’ but we have to start somewhere. And [the letter] was where we wanted to start.”

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Is Christian Pulisic growing a mullet? All signs point to yes

Pulisic’s back hairline, though still high, is showing some promising signs of creeping down below his ears

There were many questions that came from the U.S. men’s national team’s 3-0 win over Morocco on Wednesday night: Can Brenden Aaronson continue to star in a central role? Will Haji Wright be the answer at striker? Is Aaron Long the best replacement for Miles Robinson?

But the most important question by far surrounded the hairstyle USMNT star Christian Pulisic is developing, specifically: Is it now, or will it ever be, a mullet?

It seems, at the very least, that he is testing the waters. With sides shaved, Pulisic’s back hairline, though still high, is showing signs of creeping down below his ears.

But was it on purpose? Is he just waiting a few days to end his mullet curiosity? Or was it the beginning of the real deal?

And then a sign appeared. As if aware of the intense speculation, Pulisic went on Instagram and made it official.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeUG9xvpq2r/?hl=en

“Mullet game loading soon,” he said, alongside a picture of the back of his increasingly mulleted head.

With about six months left until the World Cup kicks off, Pulisic could have a free-flowing salad by the time Qatar rolls around, much like Real Betis star Héctor Bellerín.

Of course, Pulisic need not look all the way to Spain for inspiration. In fact, he has a strong mullet role model in his own family.

This is, of course, a developing story. Could Pulisic get a haircut and end the dream? It’s always possible. But it does seem like everything is trending in the right direction for the time being.

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