Tag: Christian Pulisic

Mexicanos fuera de torneos de Europa. Estados Unidos tiene tres

Tres futbolistas estadounidenses siguen con vida en las semifinales de los torneos de clubes de UEFA, ningún mexicano saldrá campeón

Con la eliminación del Ajax en la Europa League a manos de la Roma, la delegación mexicana en el Viejo Continente se quedó sin representación en las semifinales tanto de Europa, como de Champions League.

El Ajax lo intentó, el partido fue muy emotivo, pero no le alcanzó para conseguir un gol más que lo hubiera mantenido en el torneo. El mexicano Edson Álvarez arrancó como titular y salió de cambio.

El otro mexicano que llegó a esta instancia con vida, era Jesús Tecatito Corona con el Porto, pero perdieron ante el Chelsea y ni en uno ni en otro torneo, habrá representación azteca.

Estados Unidos con más de un jugador en semifinales europeas

Pero no así para Estados Unidos, pues tres equipos de los ocho que aún siguen con vida en los torneos de clubes de la UEFA, tienen un jugador estadounidense en sus filas.

Dos en Champions League, el más destacado Christian Pulisic, extremo del Chelsea valuado en 50 millones de euros. Número 10 de los blues y un indiscutible en el esquema de Tuchel.

Zack Steffen es el portero suplente del Manchester City, otro estadounidense cuyo equipo sigue con vida en Champions League, tiene 26 años y está valuado en seis millones de euros, nada mal.

Finalmente Bryan Reynolds, lateral derecho que actualmente se encuentra prestado en la AS Roma por parte del FC Dallas. aunque suma muy pocos minutos, con solo un partido jugado en la temporada para el defensor de 19 años de edad valorado en seis millones de euros.

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Chelsea vs. Porto live stream, UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals, Leg 2, TV channel, start time, lineups, odds

Chelsea is on the road to face Porto in the second leg of the Champions League from Seville on Tuesday afternoon.

Chelsea is on the road to face Porto in the second leg of the Champions League from Seville on Tuesday afternoon.

Chelsea will look to advance to the semifinals when they take the field today after taking down Porto in the first leg by the score of 2-0. Porto will have a huge deficit to be able to take the second leg away from Chelsea.

Can Chelsea cruise to the semifinals or will the Portuguese champions have something to say? Tune in and find out, here is everything you need to know to stream the Champions League action today!

Chelsea vs. Porto

  • When: Tuesday, April 13
  • Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Galavision
  • Live Stream: via Paramount+ (stream for free)
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

UEFA Champions League Starting Lineups

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Christensen; James, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Ziyech, Mount; Giroud

Porto possible starting lineup:
Marchesin; Manafa, Mbemba, Pepe, Sanusi; Corona, Uribe, Oliveira, Otavio; Marega, Taremi

Champions League Odds and Betting Lines

UEFA Champions League odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds last updated Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Chelsea (-120) vs. Porto (+333)

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Porto vs. Chelsea live stream, UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals, TV channel, start time, lineups, odds

Chelsea is on the road on Wednesday when they face Porto in their first leg of the Champions League Quarterfinals in Seville.

Chelsea is on the road on Wednesday when they face Porto in their first leg of the Champions League Quarterfinals in Seville.

Chelsea will be looking to bounce back after a tough loss to West Bromwich Albion in their last match while Porto knocked off Juventus in an incredible match to book their ticket to the Final 8.

Can Porto knock off Chelsea after taking down Juventus? Tune in and find out, here is everything you need to know to stream the Champions League action today!

Porto vs. Chelsea

  • When: Wednesday, April 7
  • Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Galavision
  • Live Stream: via Paramount+ (stream for free)
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

UEFA Champions League Starting Lineups

Porto possible starting lineup:
Marchesin; Manafa, Pepe, Mbemba, Sanusi; Corona, Grujic, Uribe, Otavio; Marega, Martinez

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Christensen; Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Kovacic, Chilwell; Ziyech, Mount; Giroud

Champions League Odds and Betting Lines

UEFA Champions League odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds last updated Wednesday at 2:10 p.m. ET.

Porto (+450) vs. Chelsea (-135)

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USMNT won’t play in Olympics, but they could still feature a strong U-23 squad this summer

Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest headline the USMNT’s strong core of U-23 players.

After losing 2-1 to Honduras on Sunday, U.S. Soccer’s under-23 men’s team failed to qualify for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan (the women’s team qualified last year).

Unlike the women’s game, the men’s Olympic tournament is an under-23 competition (technically under-24 this time after the Olympics were postponed one year due COVID-19). Because the men’s competition is considered a youth tournament, FIFA does not require clubs to release their players for international duty (for qualifying or the tournament).

For that reason, many of the best U-23 players in the world don’t participate in the Olympics and many countries don’t take soccer seriously at the tournament. It’s not anything close to the World Cup.

Americans love the Olympics, though, and we gather together every four years to watch sports we otherwise don’t care about. Evan casual American sports fans would have tuned in if the USA’s U-23 soccer team reached the semifinal or final at the Olympics — it’s another chance to win gold!

The USMNT won’t get a chance to grow its popularity during the Olympics this summer after they failed to qualify, but they could still build a strong U-23 roster for the Concacaf Nations League in June or the Gold Cup in July.

U.S. Soccer won’t be limited to 18-player rosters this summer, but I capped it at that just to demonstrate the Olympic-eligible core the USMNT has (teams can also bring three overage players to the Olympics). This squad won’t play in Tokyo, but they represent a promising future for the national team.

Christian Pulisic ‘liked’ a Seth Jahn Instagram post that advocated shooting Antifa

The Instagram “like” drew attention over the weekend.

While AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimović recently criticized LeBron James for his political activism, the undisputed face of soccer in the U.S., Christian Pulisic, has largely been silent on the political front.

His Instagram “likes” may explain why.

Over the weekend, the U.S. Soccer athletes’ council voted to remove 2015 Paralympian Seth Jahn from the delegation after he made a racist speech at the general meetings. Jahn was speaking in opposition of the push to repeal the USSF’s anti-kneeling rule that was created in response to Colin Kaepernick’s and Megan Rapinoe’s peaceful protests of racial injustice. The council voted overwhelmingly to repeal the rule.

As U.S. soccer fans dove into Jahn’s social media amid his comments, they came across a troubling Instagram post that was “liked” by the Chelsea FC winger and USMNT captain.

The June 30 post from Jahn showed him in a room full of guns, and in the caption, he advocated for the shooting of the anti-fascist movement called Antifa (he referred to Antifa with a NSFW spelling of the group). As of time of publish, Pulisic had not “unliked” the post.

In the post that was “liked” by Pulisic, Jahn wrote:

“waitin’ for [Antifa] to let me sing them the song of my people; same lullabies that’s been providin’ oppressor/terrorist dirt naps since #1776 🎶☠️ Stay dangerous, stay strapped, my friends”

USMNT and QPR defender Geoff Cameron was also in the comments and wrote, “I need to step my game up!”

On June 3, in response to the murder of George Floyd, USMNT star and Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie posted an Instagram video calling for an end to police brutality. Pulisic did participate in that video to say, “Enough is enough.” Yet, he “liked” Jahn’s post three weeks later. (Warning: The video contains graphic footage)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-v19aIn4P/

For The Win has reached out to both Chelsea FC and U.S. Soccer about Pulisic’s Instagram “like.” Chelsea FC declined to comment. But a source familiar with Pulisic said that he blindly liked the post as Jahn was an acquaintance.

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Arsenal vs. Chelsea: Premier League live stream, TV channel, how to watch online, lineups, start time

Arsenal will welcome their London rivals, Chelsea, to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday in one of the most anticipated matches of the year.

Arsenal will welcome their London rivals, Chelsea, to the Emirates Stadium on Boxing Day in one of the most anticipated matches of the calendar year.

Arsenal is sitting in 15th place and looking for their first Premier League victory since November, Chelsea is looking for back to back victories when they take the field today.

We have an exciting afternoon ahead of us in the Premier League, find everything you need to stream the action below!

Arsenal vs. Chelsea

  • When: Saturday, December 26
  • Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NBC, NBC Universo
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Premier League Starting Lineups

Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Leno; Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Xhaka, Saka; Willian, Lacazette, Pepe

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Silva, Emerson; Mount, Jorginho, Kante; Werner, Abraham, Pulisic

Premier League Odds and betting lines

Premier League odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds last updated Saturday at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Arsenal (+275) vs. Chelsea (+100)

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Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, and Weston McKennie all scored today, and U-S-A! U-S-A!

What a day for American soccer players.

Listen I know this isn’t a big deal to a lot of countries in the world, but occasionally as an American soccer fan you need to take a moment and realize the progress that’s been made, and how exciting a time this all is.

Today is one of those days. Three Americans — Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, and Weston McKennie — scored for top European clubs in their domestic leagues today. The clubs they play for — Chelsea, Dortmund, and Juventus — are all (in theory) in contention for their top flight title, and all playing in the Champions League.

All three of the players are 22 years old or younger.

This is WILD. We’ve never had anything like this ever happen before in this country, ever. We’ve had players make dents in Europe, to be sure, but at this age, at clubs of this caliber, scoring goals? All at once? No. Nothing like this. Nothing close to this.

Let’s start with Pulisic’s goal for Chelsea, a lovely tight finish after a late, gut-busting run to get in the six-yard box. Timo Werner is played in, Pulisic makes the run and gets across the defender to the near post, and slides with the finish.

On to McKennie, who came in as a sub in Juventus’ match against Torino, then got the tying goal in a comeback performance that saw his side prevail 2-1. Off a designed corner play, McKennie timed his run, got in behind, and finished coolly with his head.

Then, for the finale: Reyna. I mean, I don’t even know what to say about this goal. Kid’s 18 years old and he just did this against a Bundesliga side. Absolute bomb.

This is cool. This is very cool. The last time three Americans scored in top flights on the same day was 15 years ago, when Brian McBride, Gio’s dad Claudio Reyna, and Jermaine Jones did it. They weren’t all under 23 years old, however, and they weren’t playing for Champions League-caliber sides.

This is new, and exciting, and different. We can geek out a bit.

All 9 of Christian Pulisic’s goals for Chelsea, ranked

 

Christian Pulisic shares encouraging message after suffering hamstring injury

That’s a good sign.

Christian Pulisic’s debut season with Chelsea came to a bit of a sour end on Saturday after the 21-year-old USMNT star suffered a hamstring injury in the second half of the FA Cup Final.

Pulisic, who had been Chelsea’s most dangerous attacking threat since the restart, opened the scoring with an early goal and looked to be on his way for a potential second goal before suffering the hamstring injury mid-run (he managed to get a shot off despite being injured).

After the match, which Arsenal won 2-1, manager Frank Lampard called Pulisic’s injury a hamstring strain and ruled him out for Saturday’s Champions League second leg against Bayern Munich. But with a short layoff between the start of the 2020-21 season, there was concern that Pulisic’s injury could jeopardize the start of next season.

Well, Pulisic’s latest Instagram post should ease those worries.

On Sunday, Pulisic posted his reaction to the FA Cup Final and said that he’ll “be back in no time.”

While we don’t know the grade of Pulisic’s strain yet, that’s obviously an encouraging sign that Pulisic doesn’t anticipate a long absence.

Unless Chelsea can overcome a 3-0 aggregate deficit against Bayern, Pulisic’s debut Chelsea season will end with 11 goals in all competitions. The future is bright in West London.

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Christian Pulisic exits FA Cup final with apparent hamstring injury after scoring goal

Christian Pulisic’s dream FA Cup final was cut short after suffering an apparent hamstring pull.

Christian Pulisic’s dream day was cut short on Saturday, as the American attacker had to exit the FA Cup final with an apparent hamstring injury in the second half.

Pulisic had opened the game with a well taken goal in the opening five minutes, only to suffer the injury during an attack in the second half. During a run, Pulisic appeared to scream out in pain and start slowing down his run. Despite the apparent pain, Pulisic managed to complete the run and get a shot off, before he grabbed his hamstring and crumpled to the ground. Trainers tended to him on the field, and then helped him walk gingerly as he exited the game.

It’s a terrible disappointment for Pulisic, who was really hitting his stride with Chelsea and showing himself to be one of the most dynamic attacking players in the Premier League. The goal early in the final was more proof of that, but he’ll now have to focus on rehabbing the injured leg.

Here is the goal Pulisic scored:

And footage of the run that led to the injury:

Fans were devastated with the injury:

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Christian Pulisic sets up spectacular goal minutes after coming on the field as a sub

The American star made an instant impact as a sub.

Needing just a draw to secure a spot in the Champions League next season, Chelsea suffered through an awful first half at Anfield against Premier League champions Liverpool and found themselves in a 4-1 hole after 55 minutes.

American star Christian Pulisic started the game on the bench, and was a surprising omission from the starting lineup after he did not play in a weekend FA Cup game against Manchester United. Manager Frank Lampard finally put him on the field with a half an hour left to play, and exactly 1 minute and 53 seconds after he came on, Pulisic set up a brilliant goal to give Chelsea a lifeline.

With three Liverpool defenders converging, Pulisic somehow weaved his way into the penalty area and passed the ball across the goal, allowing Tammy Abraham to tap in a goal past Alisson.

In the 73rd minute, Pulisic scored a stunning goal of his own to make it 4-3.

Pulisic has emerged as one of the best young players in the Premier League in 2020, and Chelsea will need him to have big games to finish out the season. If Chelsea fails to come back and earn a draw at Liverpool, their Champions League fate will go down to the final day of the season on Sunday. On August 1st, Chelsea will play Arsenal at Wembley Stadium in the FA Cup final.

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