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USMNT’s Christian Pulisic Returns From Injury After Goal vs. Iran

Christian Pulisic scored the United States men’s national team’s first goal during Tuesday’s men’s World Cup match vs. Iran, only to suffer an injury in the process.

While Pulisic was scoring the goal in the first half, he ended up running into Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand in the net. The American didn’t get up for a few moments as he writhed in apparent pain. He received treatment in the goal and then continued to be evaluated on the sidelines.

Here’s a closer look at what happened while Pulisic scored the goal in the 38th minute, which put the U.