- Christian Pulisic heads into the 2026 World Cup on home soil mired in a career-long scoring drought — more than 20 games without a goal — as the U.S. opens vs. Paraguay in 15 days.
- He’s had public friction with coach Mauricio Pochettino over skipping friendlies and the Gold Cup, but both say that tension is behind them.
- Pochettino is publicly backing Pulisic, saying staff will rebuild his confidence in the next two weeks and that he expects Pulisic to start scoring in the tournament.
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