                                        {"id":3920,"date":"2026-07-07T15:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3920"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:39:40","slug":"christian-pulisic-taking-heat-for-world-cup-dud-after-team-usa-flop-vs-belgium-always-been-fragile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3920","title":{"rendered":"Christian Pulisic taking heat for World Cup dud after Team USA flop vs. Belgium: &#8216;Always been fragile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The pain that Christian Pulisic fought through for 59 minutes Monday night only served as the precursor to the battering he would take after this USMNT flop.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3918\">Midtown building evacuated after support beams buckle, floors cave<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The USA star took hits from every angle after the US\u2019 stunning 4-1 loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 in Seattle, a disappointing end to a World Cup that began with such great hopes.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic, the 27-year-old forward, barely left his mark on the game when it seemed Team USA had a legit chance to make its first quarterfinal since 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wanted some of those big-time players to step up in big moment. I gotta be honest, I I was a bit disappointed with Christian Pulisic. I think, whether he wants to be the star of this team or not, we didn\u2019t see enough from him in this particular game, and really the whole World Cup,\u201d former US women\u2019s national team star Carli Lloyd said on Fox after the game. \u201cLittle glimpses here and there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic is American\u2019s most high-profile player and, fair or unfair, that comes with the burden of carrying the team in the same way other global stars are asked to do.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the AC Milan star, his health didn\u2019t cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered a calf injury in the team\u2019s first Group Stage match against Paraguay, missed the next game against Australia and then returned 13 days later as a reserve against Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night, he \u201ctotally twisted\u201d his ankle in the second half with the US trailing 2-1, and Belgium took a two-goal lead moments later.<\/p>\n<p>He exited in the 59th minute, finishing his World Cup run with one assist and zero goals.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic lost possession 11 times in 45 minutes Monday, according to ESPNFC\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been the World Cup of stars carrying their teams. Our alleged star got kicked in the calf, missed a game and a half, made almost zero impact outside of the first half of the first game, and then begged out in the biggest game of his career,\u201d Fox Sports\u2019 Nick Wright wrote on X. \u201cSo utterly disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>World Cup Merch shop<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"USMNT Icon Red T-Shirt\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3c04cbc8aa4bad7fce1a32fe163515f2-1024x682.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3c04cbc8aa4bad7fce1a32fe163515f2-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3c04cbc8aa4bad7fce1a32fe163515f2-300x200.webp 300w, 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-->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Added notable sports personality Colin Cowherd: \u201cChristian Pulisic, he\u2019s a slight player. He\u2019s always been fragile. He gets banged up again and I didn\u2019t think he played with any confidence today. He wasn\u2019t winning his 1-on-1\u2019s and he kind of gave the ball up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Pulisic, this is now three straight World Cup years that have ended in disappointment and raise questions about his legacy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Team USA failed to qualify in 2018 in his first shot with the men\u2019s national team, and the 2022 team bowed out in the Round of 16 against The Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Pulisic will be on the wrong side of 30 for the 2030 World Cup, and this tournament will only add more weight for him to carry as the United States still awaits its breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an uncomfortable conversation because for the longest time it was, \u2018Pulisic\u2019s gonna do it. Pulisic\u2019s gonna do it. He\u2019s our guy, he\u2019s Captain America.\u2019 And now you\u2019re looking at Christian Pulisic where his World Cup career is just about done,\u201d Fox Sports Radio\u2019s Jason Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you say, OK, his legacy, Christian Pulisic, the golden era, it\u2019s not what we thought it would be or not what we needed it to be. The hype for him and what we thought he could do \u2026 he\u2019s just been OK and he\u2019s been injured. The whole Christian Pulisic era is underachieving. It\u2019s a bit of a downer, and more of what he didn\u2019t accomplish than what we have at this point.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3914\">Mamdani aide goes berserk on ABC execs after \u2018The View\u2019 host calls socialist candidate antisemitic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Pulisic took hits from every angle after the US&#8217; stunning 4-1 loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 in Seattle, a disappointing end to a World Cup that began with such great hopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","category-world-cup-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christian Pulisic taking heat for World Cup dud after Team USA flop vs. Belgium: &#039;Always been fragile&#039; - 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