This wasn’t the end result USMNT’s Christian Pulisic hoped for.
In the course of the Nov. 29 World Cup match between the USA and Iran, the winger crashed into Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand moments after scoring a objective. In a video from Telemundo Sports activities, Pulisic was seen visibly in ache and unable to face up. After a couple of minutes, he left the sphere to obtain medical consideration earlier than coming again to complete the primary half. In the end, nonetheless, he was unable to play within the recreation’s second half.
America Soccer Federation later confirmed, based on Sports activities Illustrated, Pulisic, 24, had an stomach harm and was taken to the hospital for additional analysis. The U.S. Males’s Nationwide Soccer Staff introduced in a Nov. 29 tweet that Pulisic “has been recognized with a pelvic contusion and his standing is day-to-day.”
Teammate Weston McKennie praised Pulisic for his bravery, including that the workforce was “very grateful that he threw his physique there.”
