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Article: American soccer is too cautious; stop worrying about Christian Pulisic
Posted on 6/10/16 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 6/10/16 at 2:35 pm
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Hype can go too far, but if it breaks a player to the point that he is no longer himself, then that player was never worthy of his hype to begin with.
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Pulisic is on Donovan’s track, not Adu’s. Before you’d ever heard his name he was playing international travel matches against academy teams from Espanyol, FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. He was guest playing in England. He was playing up with the U17 MNT against Brazil and Portugal and ripping out each game’s vital organs and rearranging them how he wanted them. He was dealing with the pressure of holding up an attack at a U17 World Cup. He was living thousands of miles from home in an apartment in the industrial tangle of a major German city and genuinely thriving under it. He was learning another language, playing in reserve matches, training with a Champions League team. And then playing for that Champions League team.
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Adu’s career was always smoke, twisting and flitting around preconceptions and desires and then disappearing as quietly as it came. Pulisic’s career, to this point, is brick and mortar. It is the foundation of the house Adu never had the chance to build.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 2:44 pm to Shane4689
I'm not worried about him handling the pressure. I just don't want a team like Costa Rica to break his leg.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 3:19 pm to pvilleguru
Did you know that his dad drives him to practice because he isn't old enough to drive in Germany?
DID YOU?!
DID YOU?!
Posted on 6/10/16 at 3:20 pm to Stewie Griffin
Also it's pronounced sick not sitch, little known fact
Posted on 6/11/16 at 12:46 am to Caplewood
Well, the Croatian is pronounced like sitch but Christian prefers the Americanized pronounciation. The announcers laughed when they mentioned it, because apparently there was confusion over how to pronounce it Pulisic came out and said "I'm American, not Croatian, so it's Pulisic (no ch sound)."
Posted on 6/11/16 at 12:46 am to Caplewood
Well, the Croatian is pronounced like sitch but Christian prefers the Americanized pronounciation. The announcers laughed when they mentioned it, because apparently there was confusion over how to pronounce it Pulisic came out and said "I'm American, not Croatian, so it's Pulisic (no ch sound)."
Posted on 6/11/16 at 3:43 am to Shane4689
That's a dumb comparison between Adu and Pulisic that literally no one is making but the author.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 7:35 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Ya, the only point he has is that he needs to play. He's good enough and needs to be on the field.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 8:41 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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That's a dumb comparison between Adu and Pulisic that literally no one is making but the author
Nah. American soccer at large seems overly concerned with bringing along players slowly and not "overhyping" them. Adu is the poster child for that.
Pulisic is clearly ready to play at a high level. Play him. Let's stop overthinking this and making such a big deal out of individual players.
Posted on 6/11/16 at 8:43 am to cwil177
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Thanks cwill.... It isn't like it has been discussed ad nauseum
Thanks cwill.... It isn't like it has been discussed ad nauseum
Posted on 6/11/16 at 9:04 am to Caplewood
any chance he gets on the field today vs Paraguay?
Posted on 6/11/16 at 9:27 am to Shane4689
Did you know Pulisic had more fouls than points when he played basketball at the University of Miami?
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