Christian Pulisic returned to training with his U.S. teammates on Monday after missing their most recent match of the World Cup with a calf injury.
Pulisic participated in warmups and ball drills during the 15 minutes of practice open to the media in Orange County. The team gave no formal update on the status of the AC Milan midfielder, who has been limited to one dynamic half of play in the unbeaten Americans’ home World Cup.
Pulisic didn’t play in the Americans’ 2-0 victory over Australia in Seattle last Friday. He played the first half of their tournament-opening victory over Paraguay, catalyzing two of the U.S. team’s three goals in the first half of a historic 4-1 win before coming off at halftime with stiffness from an injury incurred the previous week in training.
Pulisic trained apart from his teammates during the workouts between the first two games, so his return to the full squad was obviously encouraging. He had been limited to gym workouts, resistance training and light ball work during his absence.
“It’s a tough situation when you’re going through a small, little knock,” U.S. teammate Alex Zendejas said Monday. “It’s an important tournament where obviously everyone wants to be able to get out there 100%, but [we don’t] 傷について話すか、その瞬間について話す [Pulisic] 通っています。 [We] 他のことについて話して、彼の注意をそれからそらすようにしてください。ただ彼のためにそこにいてください。」
米国は木曜夜、SoFiスタジアムでトルコとのグループプレーを終えたが、グループ優勝した米国とすでに敗退したトルコにとっては意味のない試合となった。
アメリカ人の最初の決勝トーナメントは7月1日にカリフォルニア州サンタクララで行われる。
アメリカ人監督マウリシオ・ポチェッティーノはまだフルメンバーをグレートパークのフィールドに連れて行かなかった。ミッドフィールダーのクリスティアン・ロルダンは肉離れのため練習を欠席した。
AP通信が報じた。
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