SAN JOSE, Calif. — You could excuse Christian Pulisic for not understanding the gravity of the U.S. men’s national team current World Cup qualifying predicament given his tender age of 18, but the rising star of U.S. Soccer spoke with the maturity of a veteran about the task he and his teammates face when the face Honduras tonight at Avaya Stadium (kick-off at 7:30 p.m., broadcast on FS1 and UniMas).
“We realize that we need three points,” Pulisic told a crowd of reporters on the eve of Friday’s qualifier. “We obviously did not have a great start, so we need to bounce back here and we’re going to need a big performance.