The U.S. men's national team's wait to return to action will end on Thursday, but Christian Pulisic's wait will go on a bit longer.
Pulisic will be leaving camp to return to Chelsea on Wednesday, U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced on a video call with reporters. Pulisic entered camp labeled as "day-to-day" with a hamstring injury that had kept him out of Chelsea's last three matches, and he wasn't able to recover enough to the point where he could participate in Thursday's match at Wales or next Monday's game vs. Panama in Austria.
Pulisic, whose burgeoning career has been beset by a number of muscle injuries, was hurt in a bizarre pregame warmup incident, as he slipped and tweaked his hamstring prior to a match vs.