Saturday, March 25, 2017

Pulisic becomes heartbeat of US team at age 18 (The Associated Press)

United States' Christian Pulisic, right, stops a pass next to a Honduras defender during the first half of a World Cup qualifying soccer match Friday, March 24, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Christian Pulisic gallops elegantly past defenders like a gazelle, with the enthusiasm of youth and a sense of positioning that belies his inexperience. ''I just think he's so much further ahead than I was or than any of us were at that age,'' Landon Donovan said. A week after becoming just the seventh American to score in the Champions League - and the youngest - Pulisic got one goal and set up three others Friday in the United States' 6-0 rout of Honduras in a critical World Cup qualifier.


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