Christian Pulisic, the youth captain who wants to make history with the United States in Qatar 2022

With just 24 years old, Cristiano Pulisico is captain, figure and reference of the United States soccer teamwhat? Qatar 2022 will play a World Cup again after his absence in Russia 2018.

The attacker of Chelsea takes responsibility for leading his team despite his young age and wants to make history with the United States in Qatar 2022. From a young age he trained with older players to gain experience and contact before becoming a professional footballer, which helped him stand out and stand out in front of leading North American scouts.

Born in Hershey, Pennsylvania at the age of 11 Pulisico enthused Steve Klein, coaching director for PA Classics, the club of the United States Soccer Development Academy. The recruiter took him to live at the Academy, where he remained until the age of 16.

“His touch on the ball was excellent. He was a great passer and very fast, but he hadn’t even grown up,” Klein told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2016, recalling the footballer’s times at the Academy.

Pulisic: his transfer to Borussia Dortmund

His extraordinary appearances with US youth teams caught the attention of several European teams, but he only made the leap after winning the U-17 Friendly Cup organized by Nike in 2013, as well as being distinguished as Most Valuable. Player (MVP). Despite his young age, he obtained a community passport which allowed him to be transferred to any European club and not to occupy a foreign share.

After several frustrated passages, the Borussia Dortmund then led by Jurgen Klopp signed Pulisic to train with the club’s youth teams. However, after excelling in several trainings he was promoted to the first team and on 30 January 2016 made his Bundesliga debut, winning 2-1 against Ingolstadt.

He stayed with the German club for four years, in which he won the 2017 German Cup and recorded 127 games played, 19 goals and 26 assists.

Pulisic’s transfer to Chelsea

As is customary with most young people who acquire Borussia Dortmundthe player was transferred in the 2019-20 season to a world-class club such as Chelsea from England for over 60 million euros, which made it the most expensive sale of an American footballer in history.

Until now, Pulisico He has been with the English club for four seasons. He has won the European Super Cup, the Champions League and the Club World Cup. His only outstanding titles with Chelsea are the Premier League and national cups.

Pulisic and his numbers in the US national team

His first steps were taken in all the youth divisions of the United States National, and at the age of 17 he became the youngest player to make his World Cup qualifier debut. However, he failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and after being excluded he vowed to “give everything” to bring the team back to the most important tournament at national level.

Likewise, months after the start of the Qatar World Cup 2022 The striker referred to the chances of winning the competition and entering the history of the North American country. “We are not the favorites for the World Cup at all, but we are a confident and hungry team and we will carry on with the mentality of wanting to win the World Cup,” he said in an interview.

In Concacaf qualifiers, United States of America finished third with 25 points following 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats, behind Canada (28) and Mexico (25), future rival of the Argentina national team in group C Qatar World Cup 2022. Likewise, Pulisic was the team’s top scorer with 5 goals.

United States of America will join group B together with England, Iran and Wales, with which he will debut on Monday 21 November starting at 16:00 (Argentine time). The winner of the group will face the second of group A (Qatar, Senegal, the Netherlands and Ecuador) on Saturday 3 December at 12 (Argentine time), while the second will face the leaders of group A on Sunday December 4 at 16:00 (Argentine time) .

The game of the United States in Qatar 2022

• Date 1: United States vs. Wales, Monday 21 November from 4pm (Argentine time)
• Date 2: United States vs. England, Friday 25th November from 4pm (Argentina time)
• Date 3: United States vs. Iran, Tuesday November 29th from 4pm (Argentina time)

The participation of the United States in the World Cup

• Uruguay 1950: in the first World Cup in history, United States of America they fell in the semifinals 6-1 against Argentina and finished in third place (in that tournament there was no match for third and fourth place)
• Italy 1934: Fell in the quarter-finals (1-7 against Italy).
• Brazil 1950: Group stage (defeats against Spain and Chile and historic victory against England).
• Italy 90: After 40 years of absence, United States of America returned to a World Cup, but was left out in the group stage after losing three games to Czechoslovakia (1-5), Italy (0-1) and Austria (1-2).
• United States 1994: group stage (draw against Switzerland, beat Colombia and lose to Romania).
• France 1998: group stage. His worst performance in a World Cup after losing all three games: Germany (0-2), Iran (1-2) and Yugoslavia (0-1).
• Korea-Japan 2002: Lost in the quarter-finals against Germany.
• Germany 2006: Group stage (0-3 against the Czech Republic, 1-1 against Italy and 1-2 against Ghana).
• South Africa 2010: Out in the round of 16 after losing to Ghana.
• Brazil 2014: In his last participation so far he fell in Belgium in the round of 16.