I catch up with Pulisic, via video, in early April, after a cover shoot in a Milan park. It’s a little over a week after the U.S. lost two games in their March friendly window, by a combined score of 7-2, and while he came across as vulnerable, present, and personable in our initial meetup some six weeks prior, this time around, he seems far less excited to be interviewed. “At the end of the day, if we go in and have a good World Cup, it’ll be all forgotten,” Pulisic says about the U.S. team’s recent losses. “Everyone will talk about how great we do. That’s just the way things go.” He isn’t about to open up about how he is approaching his scoring slump. “I plan on scoring goals,” he says. Does he have a message to anyone concerned about his not scoring this year? “Such bad questions,” Pulisic says. “I’m not concerned about it, man.” He disagrees with Pochettino’s contention that the U.S. lacks a single top-100 player but is in no mood to elaborate.
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