What a good interview! It makes perfect sense. Christian professionally handles those questions and answers them thoughtfully about sport activities for kids in the community, and about making decisions to move forward in his soccer career.😊
Christian handled every question like a professional and it’s great to see him try to instill that fun and loving-the-game culture in the US. Great stuff about the usmnt for obvious reasons and hopefully he gets a move to a club that appreciates him the way US supporters do
Hands down the best Pulisic interview ever! I wish that my community had those play soccer fields around when I was a kid, otherwise I would’ve started playing before I got to my college years. Basketball courts and baseball fields were everywhere, so that’s what I played.
Berhalter is a good player coach but he absolutely needs to be more flexible with his tactics and incorporate the talents of his assistants and players more. BJ Callaghan's formation adjustments after unexpectedly losing Dest and McKennie for the final proves that this team is capable of succeeding in a variety of formations, not just Gregg's rigid structure. The one time I remember seeing Gregg change his tactics meaningfully was against England, and that turned out pretty well, right? Now he needs to get feedback from his coaches during games and prepare his players during practice so that he can make those kinds of adjustments mid-game. I think that is crucial if he is going to take this talented team to the next level.
@@almosteverythingisalie2610 it wouldn't matter which coach would be hired and Pulisic would obviously start. This coach had something against Reyna and didn't even play him. I don't mind his family airing out this coach's dirty laundry. You can't just not play one of the best players just because he doesn't like him. If he doesn't have a good attitude, then whatever. It's clear that when he plays it's much better than if he doesn't.
@@almosteverythingisalie2610 😂😂😂 such a troll you don’t even try to pay attention. First interview after the Mexico game was Tim Weah talking about how excited he was to have Gregg back. Same with Chris Richards and Matt Turner
Would love to see Christian go to a side where he can fit in and play a ton. Doesn't matter if that's a lower ranked Premiere League team or a Bundesliga team, but I don't see him playing much of a role in Pochettino's Chelsea.
Truly believe he needs a mid table team that will allow him to play every week and be comfortable. At Chelsea I feel he changes his game realizing he doesn’t get many chances so has to do something spectacular each outing.
Thank u Puli and Puma for bringing this to Little H. Extra proud, I grew up there and big Dortmund and Pulisic fan. My daughter just finished this past week the free camp and she absolutely loved it. Thanks to Soctainer and the staff that were excellent. I think this will be great to grow the sport in a neighborhood mostly Hispanic and where these kids might not be able to afford to go elsewhere. Thanks👏👏👏👏
This is the golden age of usmnt fandom. A lot of us remember the years when we were minnows, so expirencing our growth is awesome. I hope future generations will remember where this program and soccer in the USA came from. Shout out to the USWNT as well, the first winning US soccer team
I absolutely love the stomping grounds facilities like these are one of the biggest things IMO to grow the sport in the USA. For kids to have a real place to play and have a soccer pick up culture for younger kids its great, good job Christian
Pulisic could be a very solid player for a big club. The talent is there. His two issues have always been injuries & play time. Of course, those overlap at times, but I hope he can pull it all together somewhere.
The problem with Greg is he thinks too little of the team and has them play in unthreatening strategies against bigger teams, if it doesn’t work he doesn’t know how to adjust it his strategies mid game, he’s maybe too scared to make a wrong decision mid game and it shows
THIS, and the fact he keeps calling players who don’t deserve to be playing for the national team, because they are his favorites. Roldan, Arriola, Acosta, Long, Johnson… Ferreira. It just makes the fans frustrated, because the best team HARDLY got called up together under him
he is a fool who coaches by his script which is highly flawed. Good coaches put their talent in positions where they excel or best at. GGG forces players to play out of position based where they are not comfortable to fit his script
Yo I love this!! Growing up in my area of Cali we never had none of what there is now. I always wanted something like, now for the kids here as well, help grow the sport in my community as well, Specially growing up n not having these opportunities down here.
Chelsea don’t deserve him!! I respected Chelsea’s decisions to not playing him..only because of some moments..but after seeing Chelsea all season fall apart with zero Pulisic influence, it was all coach failure/organizational failures..don’t blame Pulisic, he actually had zero contribution to Chelsea’s unexpected horrific season!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Pulisic has done nothing but decline since his first season with Chelsea and you're right...he had little to do with Chelsea's poor season last season because he wasn't even good enough to contribute on a team's poor form. He is a poor finisher and he can neither shoot nor head the ball. He has great speed but is very inconsistent with his dribbling, not that he has much dribbling skills, to begin with. He shows little strength on the ball in the EPL, always finding himself on the ground and looking for the refs to bail him out. Don't let the poor competition in CONCACAF fool you. It's time for Chelsea to let him go. Good riddance.
@@el.aye.bee.4477 Exactly! These USian fanboy excuse makers are hilarious, they're so desperate for a star player they can't handle that he's not good enough for a big club.
Kudos to Herc as well. He has grown a ton as an interviewer and pundit. Great questions and his driving of the interview shows the preparation, focus and attention to detail that a host has to use, especially with the sun on his face under the Miami sun 😅
@@nataliogonzalez306 I don't know anything about Belgium but this group has great chemistry and seem to really get along. Again if CP10 is our fourth best we are in GREAT shape for the future. I understand your comment was a back handed complement but it falls flat
@@rodgermurphy5721 it wasn’t a back handed compliment. It was a cautionary prediction about the future chemistry of this team. I think Tyler is a great leader and CP10 also in his own way but I’m not naive to the nuances of team building.
@@nataliogonzalez306 Adsms, Balogon Reyna and CP10 all have huge potential going into the future. Our backline may have been am issue but I think guys like Robinson, and Richard's could be the anchors we are looking for
If soccer were the top sport in the USA from the BEGINNING (late 1800s) and the US had a proper soccer culture like Europe and South America where players grew up playing the sport and understood the skill and technique that was needed, the US would have already won multiple World Cups. I’ve explained this many times. It’s not saying the US would have people like Lebron dominating. We might have someone like Steph Curry, but it would be mainly guys we haven’t heard of who maybe played college 🏀 but would have been amazing ⚽ players. In the alternate reality where soccer ⚽ is always our top sport, our top players are guys who probably played high school basketball or American football but were 5’8-6’ and were too small to be in NBA or NFL. Because 🏀 and 🏈 are our top sports, our most famous athletes are in those sports and don’t have ⚽ body types. Our most famous athletes are people who don’t have soccer ⚽ body types but are the only ones we know, because they are in our top sports. If Spain only played 🏀, we’d never know about Iniesta, if England only played American football 🏈, we wouldn’t know of Phil Foden. Imagine an alternate reality where Spain didn’t play soccer much, only basketball. Their most famous athletes would be basketball players with basketball physiques. So if they said “we’d be much better if we always loved soccer,” people would say “you’re telling me Pau Gasol would dominate soccer?” That is where we are with the U.S. I’m talking about the what if scenario if soccer was the top sport in the US from the late 1800s, like in Europe. In that scenario, the US would have a proper soccer culture where we actually understand how to develop soccer players properly. At present we DO NOT have that because; 🏀 and 🏈 have been our top sports along with ⚾ forever, and they emphasize athleticism, so American sporting culture is more focused on athleticism and has no understanding about the fact that technique is what matters in ⚽. Another thing we have that holds the US back is pay to play. But pay to play developed SPECIFICALLY because soccer was always a fringe throw away sport in the US; and thus developed into a suburban upper middle class sport that was more recreational than serious. In popular sports in the US like 🏀 and 🏈, most of the top players came from lower class backgrounds, like Lebron James. Because we understand the sport we don’t have a pay to play thing keeping talented poorer athletes. If soccer were the top sport in the US from the beginning, we’d have that. Also, if soccer were the top sport in the US from the beginning, the US would have one of, if not the top league, because the US has so much money it would attract foreign players supplemented with American players. Therefore, every US World Cup team would be filled with starters and stars in a top league (US league in this scenario), like every big European team. And I’m not saying the US would have people like Lebron dominating. We might have someone like Steph Curry, but it would be mainly guys we haven’t heard of who maybe played college 🏀 but would have been amazing ⚽ players. Because 🏀 and 🏈 are our top sports, our most famous athletes are in those sports and don’t have ⚽ body types. If Spain only played 🏀, we’d never know about Iniesta. The U.S. would have a style somewhat like a France England mix except a much larger talent pool, using African American players before Europeans used black players, and would have won a couple of the earlier less competitive World Cups. Look at France from 1998-2022; 4 World Cup final appearances out of 7, and their 2 losses were in penalties. I suspect USA would be like France of 1998-2022 but from 1930. My guess is US wins 2-3 World Cups by 1970 and 2-3 World Cups between 1970 and today, so 4-6 overall
I'd say this is very possible, though we would've had challenges early in our history due to extended travel times (especially the far-flung Western frontier) making it hard to bring our best 11 together for a tournament. Our teams basically would've come entirely from east of the Mississippi river and probably from no further south than the mid-Atlantic until some time in the mid-20th century. That being said, overall I agree with your analysis. Especially with the analogy of people saying "You think Pau Gasol would've dominated La Liga?"
The talk about changing the way the world looks needs to stop you guys got to act like you've been there before. That's the problem with Greg you got to go hard and act like you're going to dominate. Stop playing your weaker players you always play your best players in big competition he doesn't do that he always messes with the lineup all you got to do is put your best players out there and let them play
🚨⚠️COMMENT YOUR THOUGHTS BELOW ⬇️ 🤔 I have been thinking Maybe adding Adams to the CB position with Richard’s would be a very solid back line since he doesn’t help as Lethal offensively as the others do and gives dest & Robinson more of the offensive freedom they like & having musah/wes as pivotal DM’s & Gio’s creativity in the CAM position. Christian & weah as wingers and balo as the striker. In a 4-2-3-1 line Tbh that would be a very solid US side to me especially For the next WC since Adam’s doesn’t help much offensively so imo would be a very solid CB and take full advantage of the Youth/Pace of the USMNT players that we never had before🤔👏🏽
Adams way too little to play CB. Personally I think Adams needs to now be a guy we bring off the bench we are trying to preserve a lead. He is solid enough defensively, but lacks creativity and just isn't a threat offensively.
Pulisic has not liked his headstrong coaches at club level. Naturally he doesn't want it at the international level. But what's good for Pulisic isn't what's good for the team.
Exactly, I am not sure why they are pushing the narrative that if Pulisic like it then everyone else like it. It is sure a dishonest and distasteful thing to do.
i cant confirm this but my guess is after CP said the team needed fresh ideas (for obvious reasons) either GGG or the federation said dont ever say that again or join John Brooks
He's also one of the main reasons why they even qualified for the ucl that season as well. He basically carried them during project restart if it wasn't for his performances they wouldn't have qualified
The Nations League and Gold Cup are essentially worthless. Only Copa America and the World Cup mean anything in North American soccer. We barely qualified to the WC and then got roasted in the Round of 16 by a country with 18 million people. That's why fans have no faith in the Rosalind-beater.
The alpha/beta logic lacks nuance, look at some of the best athletes like Steph Curry, Sidney Crosby, Mike Trout, or Barry Sanders. They aren't these agro dudes with a big attitude, they're just skilled. We need an ELITE player like them, not an "alpha" lol.
Pulisic you don’t want to f’ing win enough, too focused on preserving your good image and looking like a good person that you won’t just call it how it is, but apparently this is our teams “leader”
I will always support this guy especially being a Pennsylvania boy myself but I can’t support USMNT or USSF anymore! Gregg Berhalter is a horrible coach and the nepotism in USSF along with mediocre coaches like Triple Moron that can’t change a game with tactics or substitutions, isn’t something I can support. I know the arguments will be that he got us out of the group but so did Klingsmann and others but we won’t go any further with an American coach. The reason we got out of the group is the players got better but our coach was worse! USMNT scored 3 goals in the World Cup and we took 3rd in CONCACAF qualifying which isn’t good enough. However, do to the nepotism in USSF and Don Garber being on the board pushing MLS players and coaches then expect just getting out of the group in 2026 unless they fire Berthalter after our poor showing in Copa America in 2024!
Hold up Puli you can't understand all the negative talk about GGG. The same coach that tried to exile Gio Reyna, who is probably the second best player behind you. Because his dad Claudio Reyna would not play his son Sebastian Berhalter at Austin? How could you even back someone as petty as GGG?
Im sorry, but Berhalter is a terrible, terrible coach. They're gonna get out of the group again and we get to act like its a "success". Cant wait to see Ferreira out there looking lost with Zimmerman making bone head plays in the box with a 1-0 lead. It will only be 1 goal because that's how ol' Berhalter likes it. Score 1 goal then play defense all fu@#&ng match
@@inrptn You don't really believe that do you? That Pulisic only pretends to support him for playing time? He's a sure starter regardless of the coach. Really he's one of the only players with the clout to attack him and still start if he wanted too. Clearly his support is genuine
I know it might be a bit of a hard sell for the player himself, but why isn’t there more talk about a MLS team making a run at Pulisic? I’ve seen talk that his transfer value might be in the 20M range which isn’t unpalatable for some MLS teams with deeper pockets. And you wanna talk about marketing and story telling for the league? He’s young, American born player who is relevant on the world stage. He would be massive for the league. For Pulisic, beyond being an every game player, he would immediately become not just the face of a franchise, but the face of a league. The marketing and sponsorship chances he would have would be colossal over here. It may not happen. The price may skyrocket, or he may just want to stay in Europe. But if you’re running an MLS team I don’t know why you wouldn’t be at least making a few phone calls.
The qualities of a true leader... both in sport and community. Hat's off to you Christian! Keep up the great work!
This team is just starting to come into their prime. So much talent and swagger more than any other US team before.
Oozing swagger!
Unfortunately, they will underperform with a low level coach
the 02 team had some swagger... also made it to a quarterfinal WC. Fingers cross this team equals or exceeds that team.
This team just drew to Jamaica in home soil. Not impressed. I watched that game and the reggae boys played better than team USA. Very disappointed.
@@jamflowman8896 not to mention that handball that should’ve gave the USA the penalty to possibly make it into the semi finals
The guy is a stand up man. On and off field. The guy still has respect for his foes
As he should. Sportsmanship is key
he has respect for his foes that don't have respect for him- that's what makes him a killer
Just another BB!!
What a good interview! It makes perfect sense. Christian professionally handles those questions and answers them thoughtfully about sport activities for kids in the community, and about making decisions to move forward in his soccer career.😊
Christian handled every question like a professional and it’s great to see him try to instill that fun and loving-the-game culture in the US. Great stuff about the usmnt for obvious reasons and hopefully he gets a move to a club that appreciates him the way US supporters do
Hands down the best Pulisic interview ever! I wish that my community had those play soccer fields around when I was a kid, otherwise I would’ve started playing before I got to my college years. Basketball courts and baseball fields were everywhere, so that’s what I played.
Love the chemistry between Puli and Herc. Great interview!
Berhalter is a good player coach but he absolutely needs to be more flexible with his tactics and incorporate the talents of his assistants and players more. BJ Callaghan's formation adjustments after unexpectedly losing Dest and McKennie for the final proves that this team is capable of succeeding in a variety of formations, not just Gregg's rigid structure. The one time I remember seeing Gregg change his tactics meaningfully was against England, and that turned out pretty well, right? Now he needs to get feedback from his coaches during games and prepare his players during practice so that he can make those kinds of adjustments mid-game. I think that is crucial if he is going to take this talented team to the next level.
He doesn’t have good relations with all the players. He loves pulisic and that’s why pulisic likes him. He’s a terrible coach
@@almosteverythingisalie2610 it wouldn't matter which coach would be hired and Pulisic would obviously start. This coach had something against Reyna and didn't even play him. I don't mind his family airing out this coach's dirty laundry. You can't just not play one of the best players just because he doesn't like him. If he doesn't have a good attitude, then whatever. It's clear that when he plays it's much better than if he doesn't.
He also needs to not get blackmailed by his player’s parents. Might help
@@almosteverythingisalie2610 😂😂😂 such a troll you don’t even try to pay attention. First interview after the Mexico game was Tim Weah talking about how excited he was to have Gregg back. Same with Chris Richards and Matt Turner
@@tainankingbecause HE WAS HURT!?!?
America loves you Puli, hopefully you get transferred to a club that understands what kind of player you are
New Castle 🏰 maybe 🤔…
no we dont he's a berhalter simp
ac milan
Would love to see Christian go to a side where he can fit in and play a ton. Doesn't matter if that's a lower ranked Premiere League team or a Bundesliga team, but I don't see him playing much of a role in Pochettino's Chelsea.
Chelsea doesn't know how to use him right
GOAT of the USMNT. Setting a new standard for the USA
Lol! I remember much better attacking US players than Pulisic playing in the premier league when I was growing up, Dempsy, Donovan and McBride.
@@a-walpatches6460 how many of those players were integral to their clubs champions league run?
Chelsea don’t deserve him
Should go to Milan but idk if he likes the RW
@@CriusXIMilan?? He’d be awful in serie A. He doesn’t have the football IQ or the technique to play in serie A
@@factzoverfeelings7503and yet 4 Serie A teams want him
@@JAED5 because they know they can get him on the cheap since Chelsea are desperate to sell. For his style n play, serie A would be the worst imo
Cuz he's always injured you mean ?
I love Herc and Puligod, what a treat
Good interview with Puli, good job Herc. Hope Pulisic finds joy at club level again. Good luck to him.
This is why YOU are our Captain America! Now let's get you to a CLUB that will recognize, utilize and appreciate your abilities!
Truly believe he needs a mid table team that will allow him to play every week and be comfortable. At Chelsea I feel he changes his game realizing he doesn’t get many chances so has to do something spectacular each outing.
Thank u Puli and Puma for bringing this to Little H. Extra proud, I grew up there and big Dortmund and Pulisic fan. My daughter just finished this past week the free camp and she absolutely loved it. Thanks to Soctainer and the staff that were excellent. I think this will be great to grow the sport in a neighborhood mostly Hispanic and where these kids might not be able to afford to go elsewhere. Thanks👏👏👏👏
Loved by how Herc was intimidated with Pulisic's interview. Hey Pulisic, "Make America Soccer Great!"
This is the golden age of usmnt fandom. A lot of us remember the years when we were minnows, so expirencing our growth is awesome. I hope future generations will remember where this program and soccer in the USA came from. Shout out to the USWNT as well, the first winning US soccer team
Very nice interview, respectful but tough questions. Pulisic is so professional. Great role model
Herc is the real deal
Y’all got me missing MIA,I used to ball at the soccer cage and soccer rooftop.Congratulations to Pulisic and Puma.
Bro is CHANGING THE GAME literally
Love you Captain America
We are experiencing our first "golden generation." This is going to be fun.
I absolutely love the stomping grounds facilities like these are one of the biggest things IMO to grow the sport in the USA. For kids to have a real place to play and have a soccer pick up culture for younger kids its great, good job Christian
I'm very surprised the federation allowed someone like Herc to conduct this interview.
i love that witth americans here in france we have a dictator
agreed
Pulisic sounds like a company man with those Berhalter answers. 😂😂
was tough to listen too i agree
Captain America! Gotta love this kid. He exemplifies everything good about sports in America.
That’s a great interview. Nice job Herc
Pulisic could be a very solid player for a big club. The talent is there. His two issues have always been injuries & play time. Of course, those overlap at times, but I hope he can pull it all together somewhere.
Its great how all these guys will be in their prime come 2026 when we host world cup. Copa America next summer should be great experience for them too
America ❤❤ Pulisic.
The problem with Greg is he thinks too little of the team and has them play in unthreatening strategies against bigger teams, if it doesn’t work he doesn’t know how to adjust it his strategies mid game, he’s maybe too scared to make a wrong decision mid game and it shows
THIS, and the fact he keeps calling players who don’t deserve to be playing for the national team, because they are his favorites.
Roldan, Arriola, Acosta, Long, Johnson… Ferreira.
It just makes the fans frustrated, because the best team HARDLY got called up together under him
he is a fool who coaches by his script which is highly flawed. Good coaches put their talent in positions where they excel or best at. GGG forces players to play out of position based where they are not comfortable to fit his script
@@FearHype facts
All we can do now is hope GGG learned from his in gams tactical mistakes and roster selections.
He wasn’t held accountable so why would he
@@almosteverythingisalie2610Facts, and the media just covers everything like, “It’s the fans that are toxic” 😂
Its awful
Yo I love this!! Growing up in my area of Cali we never had none of what there is now. I always wanted something like, now for the kids here as well, help grow the sport in my community as well, Specially growing up n not having these opportunities down here.
Chelsea don’t deserve him!! I respected Chelsea’s decisions to not playing him..only because of some moments..but after seeing Chelsea all season fall apart with zero Pulisic influence, it was all coach failure/organizational failures..don’t blame Pulisic, he actually had zero contribution to Chelsea’s unexpected horrific season!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Pulisic has done nothing but decline since his first season with Chelsea and you're right...he had little to do with Chelsea's poor season last season because he wasn't even good enough to contribute on a team's poor form. He is a poor finisher and he can neither shoot nor head the ball. He has great speed but is very inconsistent with his dribbling, not that he has much dribbling skills, to begin with. He shows little strength on the ball in the EPL, always finding himself on the ground and looking for the refs to bail him out. Don't let the poor competition in CONCACAF fool you. It's time for Chelsea to let him go. Good riddance.
@@el.aye.bee.4477 Exactly! These USian fanboy excuse makers are hilarious, they're so desperate for a star player they can't handle that he's not good enough for a big club.
He's injured half the time, u want to play him with a torn hamstring?
I said the same thing. The team is way better than they have every been. I do not understand why people keep criticizing Gregg.
Kudos to Herc as well. He has grown a ton as an interviewer and pundit. Great questions and his driving of the interview shows the preparation, focus and attention to detail that a host has to use, especially with the sun on his face under the Miami sun 😅
He gonna end up as the 3-4th best player on the USA team. I hope he is ok with that
If he's our fourth best player we are GOOD for the future
@@rodgermurphy5721 i agree unless resentment builds and we have locker room problems. Look at Belgium
@@nataliogonzalez306 I don't know anything about Belgium but this group has great chemistry and seem to really get along. Again if CP10 is our fourth best we are in GREAT shape for the future. I understand your comment was a back handed complement but it falls flat
@@rodgermurphy5721 it wasn’t a back handed compliment. It was a cautionary prediction about the future chemistry of this team. I think Tyler is a great leader and CP10 also in his own way but I’m not naive to the nuances of team building.
@@nataliogonzalez306 Adsms, Balogon Reyna and CP10 all have huge potential going into the future. Our backline may have been am issue but I think guys like Robinson, and Richard's could be the anchors we are looking for
Well done, Herc.
I hear a future coach when CP speaks
Fire Gregg
Greg is still a no thanks for me
Same... We all saw van Gaal give him a tactical masterclass in the WC.
shushing the crowd was top moment for me as a fan. epic picture too with all the teammates reactions in the background.
1 step forward, 2 steps back
Some needs to tell Puli to stop taking corner kicks
Well Gio was taking the kicks the past two matches.
@@lindseyormsbee About time huh? We had to suffer years of nonsense corners and set pieces till they finally put Gio on em.
@@llamayt3832yes Gio should take them and free kicks. Pulisic or Acosta shouldn’t
Gio took most of them this time around. Which is good.
He needs a fresh start most likely at AC Milian. Consistent playing time in his natural position he'll be a superstar
We need that pick up type of games
That’s my captain!!!!
If soccer were the top sport in the USA from the BEGINNING (late 1800s) and the US had a proper soccer culture like Europe and South America where players grew up playing the sport and understood the skill and technique that was needed, the US would have already won multiple World Cups.
I’ve explained this many times. It’s not saying the US would have people like Lebron dominating. We might have someone like Steph Curry, but it would be mainly guys we haven’t heard of who maybe played college 🏀 but would have been amazing ⚽ players. In the alternate reality where soccer ⚽ is always our top sport, our top players are guys who probably played high school basketball or American football but were 5’8-6’ and were too small to be in NBA or NFL. Because 🏀 and 🏈 are our top sports, our most famous athletes are in those sports and don’t have ⚽ body types.
Our most famous athletes are people who don’t have soccer ⚽ body types but are the only ones we know, because they are in our top sports. If Spain only played 🏀, we’d never know about Iniesta, if England only played American football 🏈, we wouldn’t know of Phil Foden. Imagine an alternate reality where Spain didn’t play soccer much, only basketball. Their most famous athletes would be basketball players with basketball physiques. So if they said “we’d be much better if we always loved soccer,” people would say “you’re telling me Pau Gasol would dominate soccer?” That is where we are with the U.S.
I’m talking about the what if scenario if soccer was the top sport in the US from the late 1800s, like in Europe. In that scenario, the US would have a proper soccer culture where we actually understand how to develop soccer players properly. At present we DO NOT have that because; 🏀 and 🏈 have been our top sports along with ⚾ forever, and they emphasize athleticism, so American sporting culture is more focused on athleticism and has no understanding about the fact that technique is what matters in ⚽.
Another thing we have that holds the US back is pay to play. But pay to play developed SPECIFICALLY because soccer was always a fringe throw away sport in the US; and thus developed into a suburban upper middle class sport that was more recreational than serious. In popular sports in the US like 🏀 and 🏈, most of the top players came from lower class backgrounds, like Lebron James. Because we understand the sport we don’t have a pay to play thing keeping talented poorer athletes. If soccer were the top sport in the US from the beginning, we’d have that. Also, if soccer were the top sport in the US from the beginning, the US would have one of, if not the top league, because the US has so much money it would attract foreign players supplemented with American players. Therefore, every US World Cup team would be filled with starters and stars in a top league (US league in this scenario), like every big European team.
And I’m not saying the US would have people like Lebron dominating. We might have someone like Steph Curry, but it would be mainly guys we haven’t heard of who maybe played college 🏀 but would have been amazing ⚽ players. Because 🏀 and 🏈 are our top sports, our most famous athletes are in those sports and don’t have ⚽ body types. If Spain only played 🏀, we’d never know about Iniesta. The U.S. would have a style somewhat like a France England mix except a much larger talent pool, using African American players before Europeans used black players, and would have won a couple of the earlier less competitive World Cups. Look at France from 1998-2022; 4 World Cup final appearances out of 7, and their 2 losses were in penalties. I suspect USA would be like France of 1998-2022 but from 1930. My guess is US wins 2-3 World Cups by 1970 and 2-3 World Cups between 1970 and today, so 4-6 overall
I'd say this is very possible, though we would've had challenges early in our history due to extended travel times (especially the far-flung Western frontier) making it hard to bring our best 11 together for a tournament. Our teams basically would've come entirely from east of the Mississippi river and probably from no further south than the mid-Atlantic until some time in the mid-20th century.
That being said, overall I agree with your analysis. Especially with the analogy of people saying "You think Pau Gasol would've dominated La Liga?"
You don't understand how he gets negative press yet you said in an interview yourself that the team needs fresh ideas smh
Come back to the Gold Cup!!
Puli should go to Miami and join the GOATito!
they should’ve interviewed the real goat 🐐 Morris
There are so many small towns in the middle of no where that need these small courts for our kids. We are not doing enough.
C’mon we all know that The USMNT need someone to take it to the next level. Gregg thank you but we need someone different this time
Pulisic no tiene el carácter fuerte como para soportar la presión de un buen equipo con un buen entrenador por eso que se siente a gusto con BB . 😮
I wanna hear Gio's thoughts on Gregg returning.
Pulisic and Messi should play a 5 v 5 there !!! That would be EPIC !
I'm finished with the usmnt f ggg but at least I get to watch CP with another club
bye bye
The talk about changing the way the world looks needs to stop you guys got to act like you've been there before. That's the problem with Greg you got to go hard and act like you're going to dominate. Stop playing your weaker players you always play your best players in big competition he doesn't do that he always messes with the lineup all you got to do is put your best players out there and let them play
Pulisic is so Strong mentally. Pure class. He's worth a hundred million
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I have been thinking Maybe adding Adams to the CB position with Richard’s would be a very solid back line since he doesn’t help as Lethal offensively as the others do and gives dest & Robinson more of the offensive freedom they like & having musah/wes as pivotal DM’s & Gio’s creativity in the CAM position. Christian & weah as wingers and balo as the striker. In a 4-2-3-1 line Tbh that would be a very solid US side to me especially For the next WC since Adam’s doesn’t help much offensively so imo would be a very solid CB and take full advantage of the Youth/Pace of the USMNT players that we never had before🤔👏🏽
Adams way too little to play CB. Personally I think Adams needs to now be a guy we bring off the bench we are trying to preserve a lead. He is solid enough defensively, but lacks creativity and just isn't a threat offensively.
@@wheelz114 very true he is only 5’9 but then again so is Lisandro Martinez and I think it’ll make him stick to forwards easier
Chelsea needs to either give him 1 yr with Poch or loan /sell to Bayern
Both are terrible ideas, no offense. He would never play at Bayern.
@@customincisivecommenthe's played well in Bundesliga. Your take sucks.
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@@pglanvilleguess who's the coach at Bayern? Tuchel - he'll bench him or give him shifts as a wingback
I could see Pulisic at AC Milan. I could also see him at Newcastle, Liverpool, or Tottenham. Tottenham needs him badly, to be honest.
Hes in Milan now
The real question: did US soccer admit that if they hired a better coach that player's salaries would need to be reduced?
I hope Juventus picks him and Flo up.
I think that's more likely to happen at Milan
VAMOS! Herc 👏
Pulisic has not liked his headstrong coaches at club level. Naturally he doesn't want it at the international level. But what's good for Pulisic isn't what's good for the team.
Exactly, I am not sure why they are pushing the narrative that if Pulisic like it then everyone else like it. It is sure a dishonest and distasteful thing to do.
He should play in AC Milan or Juve!
THE GOAT basically Donovan if he went to Europe Lol
He DID go to Europe, but not for long.
@@Queensizemusic Exactly
Herc has gotten pretty good at this.
pulisic if you want to grow the sport its time to grow the domestic league along with messi, help make mls great.
Who?
USA is at the point where they need an ELITE coach. Someone that is experienced and with the resume,.
Nooo I don’t want him back.
Liverpool should buy him
Berhalter is an awful choice…there’s no other way to spin this
It's pronounced "Call'ocho."
He’s so out of touch with the usmnt fanbase
Wdym
i cant confirm this but my guess is after CP said the team needed fresh ideas (for obvious reasons) either GGG or the federation said dont ever say that again or join John Brooks
Great interview love the fact that he may no excuses and took accountability. What a great interview.
He has not surpassed Landon Donovan.
He's only 24
Balogun, Reyna, and even Dest are all better
Provide proof with your statement. All good players with big upside but none of them have risen to Pulisic’s level yet
The have tremendous upside, but they aren't on his level yet. They need to accomplish what he has first.
Different roles. Other the. Reyna maybe. Imo only Reyna can surpass him so far.
Maybe...but Pulisic is a great player. Only American to have Champions League trophy.
Reyna will surpass him. The other two...doubt it.
Chelsea needs to sell him. He’s dead weight. MLS is his level.
Too bad he can’t be honest
agreed. that was tough to watch
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Such a goody two shoe
Some people are nice, get over it.
@@alphabrainwave lmao
@@alphabrainwavehe’s annoying af
Haters gonna hate
If you really think about it he got chealse in the finals against Madrid
He's also one of the main reasons why they even qualified for the ucl that season as well. He basically carried them during project restart if it wasn't for his performances they wouldn't have qualified
And he’s got Jesus around his neck….respect! Now do like Jesus and disavow the consonant clown agenda.
The Nations League and Gold Cup are essentially worthless. Only Copa America and the World Cup mean anything in North American soccer. We barely qualified to the WC and then got roasted in the Round of 16 by a country with 18 million people. That's why fans have no faith in the Rosalind-beater.
Pulisic is not a dominant guy. I feel like US soccer has never had a true Alpha the way other US sports have
Because the sports pullisic plays require lot of skills than those others sports.
The alpha/beta logic lacks nuance, look at some of the best athletes like Steph Curry, Sidney Crosby, Mike Trout, or Barry Sanders. They aren't these agro dudes with a big attitude, they're just skilled. We need an ELITE player like them, not an "alpha" lol.
@@NoCoastRaps he’s not elite either. I don’t like him. He seems arrogant and he’s not that good.
@@powasjington4262 I'm just surprised to hear someone say he is arrogant, did you watch the full interview?
He seems very humble, agree to disagree.
Pulisic you don’t want to f’ing win enough, too focused on preserving your good image and looking like a good person that you won’t just call it how it is, but apparently this is our teams “leader”
He’s won more trophies than Chelsea this season 🥱
I will always support this guy especially being a Pennsylvania boy myself but I can’t support USMNT or USSF anymore! Gregg Berhalter is a horrible coach and the nepotism in USSF along with mediocre coaches like Triple Moron that can’t change a game with tactics or substitutions, isn’t something I can support. I know the arguments will be that he got us out of the group but so did Klingsmann and others but we won’t go any further with an American coach. The reason we got out of the group is the players got better but our coach was worse! USMNT scored 3 goals in the World Cup and we took 3rd in CONCACAF qualifying which isn’t good enough. However, do to the nepotism in USSF and Don Garber being on the board pushing MLS players and coaches then expect just getting out of the group in 2026 unless they fire Berthalter after our poor showing in Copa America in 2024!
Truth
Hold up Puli you can't understand all the negative talk about GGG. The same coach that tried to exile Gio Reyna, who is probably the second best player behind you. Because his dad Claudio Reyna would not play his son Sebastian Berhalter at Austin? How could you even back someone as petty as GGG?
Im sorry, but Berhalter is a terrible, terrible coach. They're gonna get out of the group again and we get to act like its a "success". Cant wait to see Ferreira out there looking lost with Zimmerman making bone head plays in the box with a 1-0 lead.
It will only be 1 goal because that's how ol' Berhalter likes it. Score 1 goal then play defense all fu@#&ng match
he plays not to lose as opposed to playing to win. it is sad
This coach will kill this team he needs to leave them alone Christ I had so much hope but not with this coach
Pulisic disagrees and his opinion carries weight
@@rodgermurphy5721 Because if he says harsh criticism of Gregg his playtime will get reduced.
@@inrptn You don't really believe that do you? That Pulisic only pretends to support him for playing time? He's a sure starter regardless of the coach. Really he's one of the only players with the clout to attack him and still start if he wanted too. Clearly his support is genuine
Capi bro gotta leave Chelsea go to barca 👍🏼
He's nowhere near good enough for Chelsea but you think he'd get a game for Barca? 🤣
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He's gotta get away from Chelsea
I know it might be a bit of a hard sell for the player himself, but why isn’t there more talk about a MLS team making a run at Pulisic? I’ve seen talk that his transfer value might be in the 20M range which isn’t unpalatable for some MLS teams with deeper pockets. And you wanna talk about marketing and story telling for the league? He’s young, American born player who is relevant on the world stage. He would be massive for the league. For Pulisic, beyond being an every game player, he would immediately become not just the face of a franchise, but the face of a league. The marketing and sponsorship chances he would have would be colossal over here.
It may not happen. The price may skyrocket, or he may just want to stay in Europe. But if you’re running an MLS team I don’t know why you wouldn’t be at least making a few phone calls.
this should be pinned on top for silliest comment. smh
@@wheelz114 hahaha that’s fair. And I’m not sayin he’d even consider it, but I’d definitely be asking lol