USMNT: Gregg Berhalter must not waste Christian Pulisic

Christian Pulisic was largely ineffective playing in central attacking midfield in the USMNT’s 1-0 win over Ecuador on Thursday night. Gregg Berhalter cannot afford to waste him.

Midway through the second half of the U.S. Men’s National Team’s 1-0 victory over Ecuador in the first of two international friendlies in March, there was a moment when Christian Pulisic was cornered, with the ball at his feet, facing Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia.

He shimmied his hips a couple of teams, did a stepover, and then paused, the ball still, Valencia waiting to pounce. And then, with a beautiful drop of the shoulder and shake of the legs, Pulisic darted around Valencia’s right shoulder as if he was…