No Pulisic, no problem: how the USA learned to win without their star player | Jeff Rueter
Mauricio Pochettino had to do without his best player against Australia. But Ricardo Pepi helped the Americans build attacks in different ways Once it was clear that Christian Pulisic’s calf could keep him out of Friday’s match against Australia , Mauricio Pochettino had a lot of options to consider. There is no like-for-like alternative to Pulisic, still the United States’ most important player. Australia entered this game with a point to prove, wanting to build off of their opening win over T…


