Christian Pulisic understands the perception: The idea that the United States men's national team can win the World Cup isn't worth considering. There isn't anything about the team's history to suggest otherwise.
For outsiders, that's fine. It doesn't matter. For him, going to the World Cup with a defeatist mindset would defy logic.
"If you don't believe that it can happen, it won't happen," Pulisic told ESPN's Herculez Gomez in an interview for Futbol Americas (stream every episode on ESPN+). "We've seen crazier things happen for sure and I truly believe that we have a strong team, a strong group of guys that can accomplish anything.