‘Captain America’ Delivers For The USMNT

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After dispiritingly missing out in 2018, The U.S. Men are once again on the brink of World Cup qualification thanks in large part to the play of star forward Christian Pulisic. The Chelsea winger has endured an up and down campaign with his club in recent months, but on the back of a recent upturn in form the 22-year-old came into the National Team setup with a point to prove. Today, The Athletic’s Paul Tenorio takes us through the match against Panama where Pulisic’s talismanic performance helped drive the USMNT to a decisive victory and tells us just how high this team’s ceiling can be if Pulisic is firing on all cylinders.

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0:30.8	The US men's national team began their World Cup qualifying campaign with a lot of pressure
0:35.0	and a lot of potential.
0:36.6	And on Sunday evening, they all but sealed their trip to Qatar.
0:39.8	And there's the ad Christian Polisikad trick, the US fingertips away from Qatar.
0:49.0	Five to one tonight here in Orlando against Panama.
0:54.0	Today, the Athletics Paul Tornorio on the role that the team's biggest star, Christian
0:58.5	Polisik, played in that pivotal game.
1:01.3	And why the 23-year-old striker is taking hopes for this team to new heights.
1:06.3	The ceiling for this team with all the other young stars you want to talk about is one thing.
1:11.6	The ceiling of this team with all of those young stars in Christian Polisik being the
1:15.4	star is a totally different level.
1:18.5	And that's what US soccer is thinking about right now.
1:21.4	From Wondering and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow.
1:23.6	It's Wednesday, March 30th, and this is the lead.
1:30.0	Poltornorio, where are we reaching you right now?
1:32.5	I am in San Jose, Costa Rica, which is really cool for me, both personally and professionally.
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